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 King James Version

²⁵“Now ^(A)my days are swifter than a runner;
They flee away, they see no good.
²⁶They pass by like ^[a]swift ships,
^(B)Like an eagle swooping on its prey.
²⁷^(C)If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint,
I will put off my sad face and wear a smile,’
²⁸^(D)I am afraid of all my sufferings;
I know that You ^(E)will not hold me innocent.
²⁹If I am condemned,
Why then do I labor in vain?
³⁰^(F)If I wash myself with snow water,
And cleanse my hands with ^[b]soap,
³¹Yet You will plunge me into the pit,
And my own clothes will ^[c]abhor me.