19. If I speak of ko'ach, hinei, He is mighty, and if of mishpat, who can give Him a court summons?
20. If etzdak (I am justified, in the right), mine own mouth would condemn me; if I say, I am blameless, He would prove me perverse.
21. Though I were blameless, yet would I not know my nefesh; I would despise my life.
22. This is one thing; therefore I said it, He destroyeth the tam (blameless) and the rasha (wicked).
23. If the shot (scourge) slay suddenly, He laugheth at the melting away [in anguish] of the nekiyim (innocent ones, the guiltless ones).
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,