15 So that my soul chooses strangling
And death rather than¹ my body. ‡

16 ^aI loathe my life;
I would not live forever.
^bLet me alone,
For ^cmy days are but a breath. ‡

20 Have I sinned?
What have I done to You, ^aO watcher of men?
Why ^bhave You set me as Your target,
So that I am a burden¹ to myself? ‡

21 Why then do You not pardon my transgression,
And take away my iniquity?
For now I will lie down in the dust,
And You will seek me diligently,
But I will no longer be.”