23. When disaster brings sudden death,He mocks the despair of the innocent.
24. The earth is handed over to the wicked;He blindfolds its judges. If it isn’t He, then who is it?
25. My days fly by faster than a runner; they flee without seeing any good.
26. They sweep by like boats made of papyrus,like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
27. If I said, “I will forget my complaint,change my expression, and smile,”
28. I would still live in terror of all my pains. I know You will not acquit me.
29. Since I will be found guilty, why should I labor in vain?
30. If I wash myself with snow,and cleanse my hands with lye,
31. then You dip me in a pit of mud,and my own clothes despise me!
32. For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.
33. There is no one to judge between us,to lay his hand on both of us.