Were I to renounce my right (that is, confess myself guilty), I should die. Job virtually had said so (Job 27:4, Job 27:5; Job 6:28). Maurer, not so well, “Notwithstanding my right (innocence) I am treated as a liar,” by God, by His afflicting me.
my wound - literally, “mine arrow,” namely, by which I am pierced. So “my stroke” (“hand,” Job 23:2, Margin). My sickness (Job 6:4; Job 16:13).
without transgression - without fault of mine to deserve it (Job 16:17).