24. The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; he covers the faces of its judges; if it is not he who does this then, who is it and where is he?
25. Now my days are swifter than a post; they fled away, they never saw good.
26. They are passed away as the ships of Ebeh {Heb. reed} as the eagle that throws himself on the prey.
27. If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness and comfort myself;
28. I am afraid of all my troubles; I know that thou wilt not hold me guiltless.
29. If I am wicked, why then shall I toil in vain?
30. If I wash myself with snow water and make my hands never so clean;
31. yet thou shalt plunge me into the pit, and my own clothes shall abhor me.
32. For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together unto judgment.
33. Neither is there any arbiter between us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
34. Let him take his tormentor away from me, and his terror will not perturb me.
35. Then I would speak and not fear him, because in this state I am not myself.