25  “My edays are swifter than fa runner;

they flee away; they see no good.

26  They go by like gskiffs of reed,

like han eagle swooping on the prey.

27  If I say, i‘I will forget my complaint,

I will put off my sad face, and jbe of good cheer,’

28  I become kafraid of all my suffering,

for I know you will not lhold me innocent.

29  I shall be mcondemned;

why then do I labor in vain?

30  If I wash myself with snow

and ncleanse my hands with lye,

31  yet you will plunge me into a pit,

and my own clothes will oabhor me.

32  For he is not a man, as I am, that I might answer him,

that we should pcome to trial together.

33  qThere is no4 arbiter between us,

who might lay his hand on us both.

34  rLet him take his srod away from me,

and let tnot dread of him terrify me.

35  Then I would speak without fear of him,

for I am not so in myself.