19. If I speak of strength, behold, He is mighty! And if of justice, Who, says He, will summon Me?
20. Though I am innocent and in the right, my own mouth would condemn me; though I am blameless, He would prove me perverse.
21. Though I am blameless, I regard not myself; I despise my life.
22. It is all one; therefore I say, God [does not discriminate, but] destroys the blameless and the wicked.
23. When [His] scourge slays suddenly, He mocks at the calamity and trial of the innocent.
24. The earth is given into the hands of the wicked; He covers the faces of its judges [so that they are blinded to justice]. If it is not [God], who then is it [responsible for all this inequality]?