17. He would just send storms to crush me. He would give me more wounds for no reason.
18. He would not let me catch my breath again. He would just give me more trouble.
19. I cannot defeat God. He is too powerful! I cannot take him to court for justice. Who could force him to come?
20. I am innocent, but anything I say makes me seem guilty. I am innocent, but if I speak, my mouth proves me wrong.
21. I am innocent, but I don’t know what to think. I hate my own life.
22. So I say, ‘Does it make any difference? God destroys the innocent as well as the guilty.’
23. Is it God who laughs when a disaster kills innocent people?
24. Is it God who keeps the leaders from seeing when an evil person takes control? If it is not God, then who is it?
25. “My days are passing faster than a runner. They are flying by without any joy.
26. They go by as quickly as papyrus boats, as fast as an eagle swooping down on its prey.
27. “I could say, ‘I will not complain. I will forget my pain and put a smile on my face.’
28. But the suffering still frightens me. I know that God will not see me as innocent.
29. I will be found guilty, so why should I even think about it?
30. Even if I scrubbed my hands with soap and washed myself whiter than snow,