Wisdom & Truth Verses

Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?

Your remembrances {are} like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.

Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?

Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.

Only do not two {things} unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee.

Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.

Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.

How many {are} mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.

Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?

Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?

For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.

And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.