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.
32. For He is not an ish, as I am, that I should answer Him, and we should come together in mishpat (in the court).