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"Have I covered my wrongdoings like a man, By hiding my guilt in my shirt pocket,

If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:

Because I feared the great multitude And the contempt of families terrified me, And I kept silent and did not go out of doors?

Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?