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21 Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul:
I would despise my life.
22 This is one thing, therefore I said it,
He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
23 If the scourge slay suddenly,
he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.

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21 “Although I am blameless,(A)
    I have no concern for myself;(B)
    I despise my own life.(C)
22 It is all the same; that is why I say,
    ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’(D)
23 When a scourge(E) brings sudden death,
    he mocks the despair of the innocent.(F)

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