² “Indeed, I know that this is true.
    But how can mere mortals prove their innocence before God?^(A)

³⁰ Even if I washed myself with soap^(A)
    and my hands^(B) with cleansing powder,^(C)
31 you would plunge me into a slime pit^(D)
    so that even my clothes would detest me.^(E)

³² “He is not a mere mortal^(F) like me that I might answer him,^(G)
    that we might confront each other in court.^(H)
33 If only there were someone to mediate between us,^(I)
    someone to bring us together,^(J)
34 someone to remove God’s rod from me,^(K)
    so that his terror would frighten me no more.^(L)
35 Then I would speak up without fear of him,^(M)
    but as it now stands with me, I cannot.^(N)