17. For he breaks me with a storm, and multiplies my wounds without cause.
18. He will not allow me to catch my breath, but fills me with bitterness.
19. If it is a matter of strength, behold, he is mighty! If of justice, ‘Who,’ says he, ‘will summon me?’
20. Though I am righteous, my own mouth shall condemn me. Though I am blameless, it shall prove me perverse.
21. I am blameless. I don’t respect myself. I despise my life.
22. “It is all the same. Therefore I say he destroys the blameless and the wicked.