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23     If a flood of disaster rushes in and kills,
        He ridicules the anguish of its innocent victims.
24     The earth has been given over
        and is under the dominion of some wicked hand.
    God conceals these things from its judges, covering their faces, blinding their eyes.
        If not He, then who is it?

25     As for me, my days are sprinting by like a runner.
        Seeing nothing good, they seek escape.

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23 When a scourge(A) brings sudden death,
    he mocks the despair of the innocent.(B)
24 When a land falls into the hands of the wicked,(C)
    he blindfolds its judges.(D)
    If it is not he, then who is it?(E)

25 “My days are swifter than a runner;(F)
    they fly away without a glimpse of joy.(G)

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