Job 9:25-31

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²⁵ “My days are swifter than a runner;
    they flee away; they see no good.
²⁶ They go by like skiffs of reed,
    like an eagle swooping on the prey.^(A)
27 If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint;
    I will put off my sad countenance and be of good cheer,’
²⁸ I become afraid of all my suffering,
    for I know you will not hold me innocent.
²⁹ I shall be condemned;
    why then do I labor in vain?^(B)
30 If I wash myself with soap
    and cleanse my hands with lye,^(C)
31 yet you will plunge me into filth,
    and my own clothes will abhor me.