20 They were disappointed because they were confident;they arrived there and were dismayed.
21 For now you are nothing;you see terror and are afraid.
22 Did I say, ‘Give to me’?Or, ‘Out of your wealth, bribe me’?
23 Or, ‘Deliver me from the power of the enemy’?Or, ‘From the power of the oppressors, liberate me’?
24 “Teach me, and I will hold my tongue,and make me understand how I have erred.
25 How forceful are right words!But what does your arguing prove?
26 Do you mean to correct my words,and treat my desperate words as wind?