If I am guilty, why then do I labor in vain?
I will say to God, Do not condemn me; show me why You contend with me.
You know that I am not wicked, and there is none who can deliver out of Your hand.
“Behold, I know your thoughts, and the schemes with which you would wrong me.
Behold, He finds occasions against me, He counts me for His enemy;
Though I were righteous, my own mouth would condemn me; though I were perfect, it would prove me perverse.
It is all one thing; therefore I said, ‘He destroys both the perfect and the wicked.’
The Lord will not abandon him to his power, or let him be condemned when he is judged.
Surely I have kept my heart clean in vain, and washed my hands in innocence.
you say, “I am innocent; surely His anger shall turn away from me.” Behold, I will judge you, because you say, “I have not sinned.”
