Job 9:25-31

New American Standard Bible

²⁵ “Now ^(A)my days are swifter than a runner;
They flee away, ^(B)they see no good.
²⁶ They slip by like ^(C)reed boats,
Like an ^(D)eagle that swoops on ^[a]its prey.
²⁷ Though I say, ‘I will forget ^(E)my complaint,
I will ^[b]put my face in order and be cheerful,’
²⁸ I am ^(F)afraid of all my pains,
I know that ^(G)You will not acquit me.
²⁹ I am ^(H)guilty,
Why then should I struggle in vain?
³⁰ If I ^(I)washed myself with snow,
And cleansed ^(J)my hands with lye,
³¹ Then You would plunge me into the pit,
And my own clothes would loathe me.