25. Now my days are swifter than a runner; they flee away, they see no good.
26. They are passed away like the swift rowboats made of reeds, or like the eagle that swoops down on the prey.
27. If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer and brighten up,
28. I become afraid of all my pains and sorrows [yet to come], for I know You will not pronounce me innocent [by removing them].
29. I shall be held guilty and be condemned; why then should I labor in vain [to appear innocent]?
30. If I wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,
31. Yet You will plunge me into the ditch, and my own clothes will abhor me [and refuse to cover so foul a body].
32. For [God] is not a [mere] man, as I am, that I should answer Him, that we should come together in court.
33. There is no umpire between us, who might lay his hand upon us both, [would that there were!] [I Tim. 2:5.]
34. That He might take His rod away from [threatening] me, and that the fear of Him might not terrify me.
35. [Then] would I speak and not fear Him, but I am not so in myself [to make me afraid, were only a fair trial given me].