21 Though I am blameless,
I no longer care about myself;
I renounce my life.(A)
22 It is all the same. Therefore I say,
“He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.”(B)
23 When catastrophe[a] brings sudden death,
he mocks the despair of the innocent.
24 The earth[b] is handed over to the wicked;
he blindfolds[c] its judges.(C)
If it isn’t he, then who is it?

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Footnotes

  1. 9:23 Or whip; Hb obscure
  2. 9:24 Or land
  3. 9:24 Lit covers the faces of

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