17. though not for any violence in my hands,and my prayer is pure.
18. “O earth, do not cover my blood,and let my cry have no resting place.
19. Also now, look, my witness is in heaven,and my record is on high.
20. My friends scorn me;my eyes pour out tears unto God.
21. Oh, that one might plead for a man with God,as a man pleads for his neighbor!
22. “For when a few years have passed,I will go the way from which I will not return.