26. They pass by like reed skiffs,like an eagle rushing upon its prey.
27. If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint;I will leave off my sad face and brighten up,’
28. I am afraid of all my sorrows;I know that You will not hold me innocent.
29. If I am guilty,why then do I labor in vain?
30. If I wash myself with snow waterand cleanse my hands with soap,
31. yet You will plunge me into the pit,and my own clothes will abhor me.
32. “For He is not a man as I am, that I should answer Him,and we should come together in judgment.
33. Nor is there a mediator between us,who may lay his hand upon us both.
34. Let Him take His rod away from me,and let not dread of Him terrify me.
35. Then I would speak and not fear Him,but it is not so with me.