Job 9:25-31

Evangelical Heritage Version

²⁵ My days are swifter than a runner.
They fly away without bringing any happiness.
²⁶ They glide by like reed boats,
like an eagle that swoops down on its prey.
²⁷ If I say, “I will forget my complaint.
I will put on a happy face and smile,”
²⁸ even then I dread all my pain,
because I know that you will not acquit me.
²⁹ I have already been declared guilty,
so why should I struggle for nothing.
³⁰ If I wash myself with snow,
if I cleanse my hands with strong soap,
³¹ then you will plunge me into a cesspool,
and my clothes will detest me.