Job 9:25-31

25“My days are swifter than a runner; they fly away without a glimpse of joy.

26They skim past like boats of papyrus, like eagles swooping down on their prey.

27If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will change my expression, and smile,’

28I still dread all my sufferings, for I know you will not hold me innocent.

29Since I am already found guilty, why should I struggle in vain?

30Even if I washed myself with soap and my hands with cleansing powder,

31you would plunge me into a slime pit so that even my clothes would detest me.