Renewed Complaint

25 “My days are swifter than a runner,

they speed by without seeing happiness.

26 They glide by like reed boats,

like an eagle that swoops down on its prey.

27 If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint,

I will change my expression and be cheerful,’

28 I dread all my sufferings,

for I know that you do not hold me blameless.

29 If I am guilty,

why then weary myself in vain?

30 If I wash myself with snow water,

and make my hands clean with lye,

31 then you plunge me into a slimy pit

and my own clothes abhor me.

32 For he is not a human being like I am,

that I might answer him,

that we might come together in judgment.

33 Nor is there an arbiter between us,

who might lay his hand on us both,

34 who would take his rod away from me

so that his terror would not make me afraid.

35 Then would I speak and not fear him,

but it is not so with me.

10 “I am weary of my life;

I will complain without restraint;

I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

2 I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me;

tell me why you are contending with me.’

3 Is it good for you to oppress,

to despise the work of your hands,

while you smile

on the schemes of the wicked?