²⁵ “My days are swifter than a runner;^(A)
    they fly away without a glimpse of joy.^(B)
26 They skim past^(C) like boats of papyrus,^(D)
    like eagles swooping down on their prey.^(E)
27 If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint,^(F)
    I will change my expression, and smile,’
²⁸ I still dread^(G) all my sufferings,
    for I know you will not hold me innocent.^(H)
29 Since I am already found guilty,
    why should I struggle in vain?^(I)
30 Even if I washed myself with soap^(J)
    and my hands^(K) with cleansing powder,^(L)
31 you would plunge me into a slime pit^(M)
    so that even my clothes would detest me.^(N)