24. If the land falls into the hand of the wicked He blindfolds the faces of its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?
25. “My days are swifter than a runner; they flee away without seeing goodness.
26. They slip by like reed boats, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
27. If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face and be cheerful,’
28. I still dread all my pains, for I know You will not find me innocent.
29. If I am condemned— why should I struggle in vain?
30. If I wash myself with melted snow and cleanse my hands with lye,
31. then You would plunge me into a pit and my own clothes would detest me.
32. For He is not a human being, like I am, that I could answer Him, that we could go to court together.
33. There is no arbitrator between us, who could lay his hand on us both;
34. who could remove His rod from me, so that His terror would not frighten me.
35. Then I would speak and not fear Him —except it is not so with me.”