If I justify myself, my own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am blameless, it shall also prove me perverse.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Condemn me, as this conduct would appear presumptuous. (Calmet)
Septuagint, "if I be just, my mouth will utter impiety "(Haydock) in declaring it. (Olymp.)
36. As if it were in plain words; ‘Why should I speak about others, when I cannot bear testimony concerning myself?’ But whereas thou art not competent to witness to thine own innocency, dost thou know the fact that thou art innocent?
