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if I am wicked
"if I am guilty" or "if I do evil"
even if I were righteous
"if I am innocent"
I could not lift up my head
"I still must bow my head and feel ashamed" (UDB) (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-litotes)
since I am filled with disgrace
The word "disgrace" refers to Job's shame. AT: "Since I am ashamed"
and am looking at my own suffering
AT: "and feel miserable." (UDB)
if my head lifts itself, you hunt me down like a lion
AT: "if I become proud, you hunt me like a lion hunts its prey;" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)
show yourself powerful
"show your marvelous power"