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20 ·Even if I were [or Though I am] ·right [righteous], my own mouth would ·say I was wrong [condemn me];
    ·if I were [or I am] innocent, ·my mouth would say I was [or he declares me] guilty.

21 “I am innocent,
    but I don’t ·care about myself [or know for sure].
    I ·hate [loathe] my own life.
22 It is all the same. That is why I say,
    ‘God destroys both the innocent and the ·guilty [wicked].’

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20 Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me;
    if I were blameless, it would pronounce me guilty.(A)

21 “Although I am blameless,(B)
    I have no concern for myself;(C)
    I despise my own life.(D)
22 It is all the same; that is why I say,
    ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’(E)

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