Job 9:24-31

New International Version

²⁴ When a land falls into the hands of the wicked,^(A)
    he blindfolds its judges.^(B)
    If it is not he, then who is it?^(C)

²⁵ “My days are swifter than a runner;^(D)
    they fly away without a glimpse of joy.^(E)
26 They skim past^(F) like boats of papyrus,^(G)
    like eagles swooping down on their prey.^(H)
27 If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint,^(I)
    I will change my expression, and smile,’
²⁸ I still dread^(J) all my sufferings,
    for I know you will not hold me innocent.^(K)
29 Since I am already found guilty,
    why should I struggle in vain?^(L)
30 Even if I washed myself with soap^(M)
    and my hands^(N) with cleansing powder,^(O)
31 you would plunge me into a slime pit^(P)
    so that even my clothes would detest me.^(Q)