17. For he attacks me with a stormand repeatedly wounds me without cause.
18. He will not let me catch my breath,but fills me instead with bitter sorrows.
19. If it’s a question of strength, he’s the strong one.If it’s a matter of justice, who dares to summon him to court?
20. Though I am innocent, my own mouth would pronounce me guilty.Though I am blameless, it would prove me wicked.
21. “I am innocent,but it makes no difference to me—I despise my life.
22. Innocent or wicked, it is all the same to God.That’s why I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’