16. If I called, and He answered me,I would not believe that He had listened to my voice.
17. For He crushes me with a stormand multiplies my wounds without cause.
18. He will not allow me to get my breath,but fills me with bitterness.
19. If it is a matter of strength, indeed, He is strong;and if of justice, who will set me a time to plead?
20. Though I were righteous, my own mouth would condemn me;though I were perfect, it would prove me perverse.
21. “Though I were perfect,I would not know myself;I would despise my life.
22. It is all one thing; therefore I said,‘He destroys both the perfect and the wicked.’
23. If the whip kills suddenly,He will laugh at the trial of the innocent.