20 Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me;if I were blameless, it would pronounce me guilty.
21 ‘Although I am blameless,I have no concern for myself;I despise my own life.
22 It is all the same; that is why I say,“He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.”
23 When a scourge brings sudden death,he mocks the despair of the innocent.
24 When a land falls into the hands of the wicked,he blindfolds its judges.If it is not he, then who is it?
25 ‘My days are swifter than a runner;they fly away without a glimpse of joy.
26 They skim past like boats of papyrus,like eagles swooping down on their prey.