"Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life."
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So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.
And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
I have done no wrong; I give no thought to what becomes of me; I have no desire for life.
Were I perfect, [yet] would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
I am blameless. I don't regard myself. I despise my life.
Perfect I am! -- I know not my soul, I despise my life.