26. They skim past like boats of papyrus,like eagles swooping down on their prey.
27. If I say, “I will forget my complaint,I will change my expression, and smile,”
28. I still dread all my sufferings,for I know you will not hold me innocent.
29. Since I am already found guilty,why should I struggle in vain?
30. Even if I washed myself with soapand my hands with cleansing powder,
31. you would plunge me into a slime pitso that even my clothes would detest me.
32. ‘He is not a mere mortal like me that I might answer him,that we might confront each other in court.