If I be wicked, Why then labour I in vain?
Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
The LORD will not leave him in his hand, Nor condemn him when he is judged.
Behold, I know your thoughts, And the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
Thou knowest that I am not wicked; And there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.
I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; Shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: If I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
Behold, he findeth occasions against me, He counteth me for his enemy,
