29. Whatever happens, I will be found guilty.So what’s the use of trying?
30. Even if I were to wash myself with soapand clean my hands with lye,
31. you would plunge me into a muddy ditch,and my own filthy clothing would hate me.
32. “God is not a mortal like me,so I cannot argue with him or take him to trial.
33. If only there were a mediator between us,someone who could bring us together.
34. The mediator could make God stop beating me,and I would no longer live in terror of his punishment.
35. Then I could speak to him without fear,but I cannot do that in my own strength.