Job 9:25-31

New International Version

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

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Job 9:25-31

New American Standard Bible

²⁵“Now ^(A)my days are swifter than a runner;
They flee away, ^(B)they see no good.
²⁶They slip by like ^(C)reed boats,
Like an ^(D)eagle that swoops on ^[a]its prey.
²⁷Though I say, ‘I will forget ^(E)my complaint,
I will ^[b]put my face in order and be cheerful,’
²⁸I am ^(F)afraid of all my pains,
I know that ^(G)You will not acquit me.
²⁹I am ^(H)guilty,
Why then should I struggle in vain?
³⁰If I ^(I)washed myself with snow,
And cleansed ^(J)my hands with lye,
³¹Then You would plunge me into the pit,
And my own clothes would loathe me.