Job 9:25-31

The Voice

²⁵     As for me, my days are sprinting by like a runner.
        Seeing nothing good, they seek escape.
²⁶     They glide past in swift silence like reed boats on the river.
        Now a blur, they dive like an eagle toward its prey.
²⁷     If I tell myself, “I will forget all about my grievance against God,
        I will simply abandon my long face and cheer up,”
²⁸     Then I fear the suffering to come
        because I know there’s no chance that You, Lord, will find me innocent.
²⁹     So if the verdict is already in, if I have already been found guilty,
        why should I bother to clear my name?
        Why struggle in vain?
³⁰     Though I wash my body in the pure melted snow
        and scrub my hands thoroughly with the strongest soap,
³¹     You would toss me into a putrid pit,
        and when I emerged, even my own clothes would hate me.