Job 9:25-31

GOD’S WORD Translation

²⁵ “My days go by more quickly than a runner.
They sprint away.
They don’t see anything good.
²⁶ They pass by quickly like boats made from reeds,
like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
²⁷ ⌞Even⌟ if I say, ‘I will forget my complaining;
I will change my expression and smile,’
²⁸ I ⌞still⌟ dread everything I must suffer.
I know that you won’t declare me innocent.
²⁹ I’ve already been found guilty.
Why should I work so hard for nothing?
³⁰ If I wash myself with lye soap^[a]
and cleanse my hands with bleach,
³¹ then you would plunge me into a muddy pit,
and my own clothes would find me disgusting.