22. It is all one thing; therefore I said,‘He destroys both the perfect and the wicked.’
23. If the whip kills suddenly,He will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
24. The earth is given into the hand of the wicked.He covers the faces of its judges.If it is not He, then who is it?
25. “Now my days are swifter than a runner;they flee away; they see no good.
26. They pass by like reed skiffs,like an eagle rushing upon its prey.
27. If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint;I will leave off my sad face and brighten up,’
28. I am afraid of all my sorrows;I know that You will not hold me innocent.
29. If I am guilty,why then do I labor in vain?
30. If I wash myself with snow waterand cleanse my hands with soap,
31. yet You will plunge me into the pit,and my own clothes will abhor me.
32. “For He is not a man as I am, that I should answer Him,and we should come together in judgment.
33. Nor is there a mediator between us,who may lay his hand upon us both.
34. Let Him take His rod away from me,and let not dread of Him terrify me.
35. Then I would speak and not fear Him,but it is not so with me.