²⁴ When the earth is given into the hands of the wicked,
    he blindfolds the eyes of its judges.^[a]
If it is not he who does so,
    then who else is responsible?

²⁵ “My days pass more swiftly than a runner;
    they fly away without any experience of happiness.
²⁶ They skim past like boats of papyrus,
    like an eagle swooping upon its prey.