17 For he breaks me with a tempest, and multiplies my wounds without cause.
18 He will not permit me to take my breath, but fills me with bitterness.
19 If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of justice, who shall set me a time to plead?
20 If I justify myself, my own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am blameless, it shall also prove me perverse.
21 Though I were blameless, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
22 This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroys the blameless and the wicked.
23 If the scourge slays suddenly, he will laugh at the plight of the innocent.