24. Eretz is given into the yad of the resha; He blindfoldeth the faces of the shofetim (judges) thereof; if not, then, who doeth it?
25. Now my yamim are swifter than a runner; they flee away, they see no tovah.
26. They slip by like oniyyot (boats) of reed; as the nesher that swoopeth down on the prey.
27. If I say, I will forget my si'akh (complaint), I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself,
28. I am afraid of all my sorrows; I have da'as that Thou wilt not hold me innocent.
29. If I be wicked, why then labor I in hevel (vain)?
30. If I wash myself with sheleg (snow), and make my hands clean with lye,
31. Yet shalt Thou plunge me in the shachat (slime pit), and mine own clothes shall abhor me.