18. He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.
19. If we speak of the strength of the mighty, lo, he is there! and if of judgment, who will appoint me a time?
20. Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me: though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse.
21. I am perfect; I regard not myself; I despise my life.
22. It is all one; therefore I say, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
23. If the scourge slay suddenly, he will mock at the trial of the innocent.
24. The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if it be not he, who then is it?
25. Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
26. They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that swoopeth on the prey.