12 He will take, and who will forbid Him? who will say to Him, What are you doing?

13 God will not turn away his wrath; before Him the champions of pride will fall.

14 How much more can I answer him, and seek words for myself before him?

15 Though I be right, I will not answer, but will beseech my Judge.

16 If I had called, and he answered me, I would not have believed that he had heard my voice,

17 Who in the whirlwind smites me, and multiplies my wounds innocently,

18 He does not let me take a breath, but fills me with sorrows.

19 If He works by force, He is mighty; if by judgment, who shall bring me to Him?

20 If I make excuses, my own mouth will accuse me; if I am innocent, then He will find me guilty.

21 I am innocent; I do not want to know my soul, I despise my life.

22 All are one; therefore I said that He destroys both the blameless and the guilty.

23 If he smites him with a whip suddenly, he laughs at the torture of the innocent.

24 The land is given into the hands of the wicked; He covers the faces of its judges. If not He, then who?

25 My days are faster than a messenger, they run, they see no good,

26 They rush like light boats, like an eagle pursues prey.

27 If you say to me, 'I will forget my complaints, I will put off my gloomy countenance, and I will be of good cheer;

28 then I tremble at all my afflictions, knowing that thou wilt not declare me innocent.

29 But if I am guilty, why do I languish in vain?

30 Though I also wash myself with the water of the snow, and cleanse my hands perfectly,

31 then also thou shalt sink me into the mud, and my garments abhor me.

32 For he is not a man like me, that I may answer him, and go with him to judgment.