16. If I called and He answered me,I would not believe that He was listening to my voice.
17. For He crushes me with a tempest,And multiplies my wounds without cause.
18. He will not allow me to catch my breath,But fills me with bitterness.
19. If it is a matter of strength, indeed He is strong;And if of justice, who will appoint my day in court?
20. Though I were righteous, my own mouth would condemn me;Though I were blameless, it would prove me perverse.
21. “I am blameless, yet I do not know myself;I despise my life.
22. It is all one thing;Therefore I say, ‘He destroys the blameless and the wicked.’
23. If the scourge slays suddenly,He laughs at the plight of the innocent.