17 What is man that You magnify him,
And that You set Your heart on him,
18 That You examine him every morning
And test him every moment?
19 Will You never turn Your gaze away from me,
Nor let me alone until I swallow my spit?
20 Have I sinned? What have I done to You,
O watcher of men?
Why have You set me as Your target,
So that I am a burden to myself?
21 Why then do You not forgive my transgression
And take away my iniquity?
For now I will lie down in the dust;
And You will seek me earnestly, but I will not be.”