27 ^aIf I say, ‘I will forget my complaint,
I will put off my sad face and wear a smile,’ ‡

28 ^aI am afraid of all my sufferings;
I know that You ^bwill not hold me innocent. ‡

30 ^aIf I wash myself with snow water,
And cleanse my hands with¹ soap, ‡

31 Yet You will plunge me into the pit,
And my own clothes will¹ abhor me. ‡