Job 9:25-31

Lexham English Bible

²⁵ “And my days are swifter than a runner;
they flee away; they do not see good.
²⁶ They go by like papyrus skiffs,
like an eagle swoops down on its prey.
²⁷ Though^[a] I say,^[b] ‘I will forget my complaint;
I will change my expression, and I will rejoice,’
²⁸ I become afraid of all my sufferings;
I know that you do not consider me innocent.
²⁹ If I shall be declared guilty,
why then should I labor in vain?
³⁰ If I wash myself with soap,^[c]
and I cleanse my hands with lye,
³¹ then you plunge me into the slime pit,
and my clothes abhor me.