KJV:
Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?
NASB:
"Why should I take my flesh in my teeth And put my life in my hands?
KJV:
For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.
NASB:
"For You write bitter things against me And make me to inherit the iniquities of my youth.
KJV:
I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.
NASB:
"I too could speak like you, If I were in your place. I could compose words against you And shake my head at you.
KJV:
They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me.
NASB:
"They have gaped at me with their mouth, They have slapped me on the cheek with contempt; They have massed themselves against me.
KJV:
He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
NASB:
"He breaks through me with breach after breach; He runs at me like a warrior.
KJV:
I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
NASB:
"I have sewed sackcloth over my skin And thrust my horn in the dust.
KJV:
Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
NASB:
Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.
KJV:
For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
NASB:
"For You have kept their heart from understanding, Therefore You will not exalt them.