I shall be condemned;\par\tab Why then do I labor in vain?
Yet thou saidst, I am innocent; surely his anger is turned away from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart,\par\tab And washed my hands in innocency;
Jehovah will not leave him in his hand,\par\tab Nor condemn him when he is judged.
Behold, I know your thoughts,\par\tab And the devices wherewith ye would wrong me.
Although thou knowest that I am not wicked,\par\tab And there is none that can deliver out of thy hand?\par
I will say unto God, Do not condemn me;\par\tab Show me wherefore thou contendest with me.
It is all one; therefore I say,\par\tab He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me:\par\tab Though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse.
Behold, he findeth occasions against me,\par\tab He counteth me for his enemy: