18 He permitteth me not to refresh my spirit, But filleth me  with bitter things.
         
                                
                        19 If of power, lo, the Strong One; And if of judgment -- who  doth convene me?
         
                                
                        20 If I be righteous, Mine mouth doth declare me wicked,  Perfect I am! -- it declareth me perverse.
         
                                
                        21 Perfect I am! -- I know not my soul, I despise my life.
         
                                
                        22 It is the same thing, therefore I said, `The perfect and  the wicked He is consuming.`
         
                                
                        23 If a scourge doth put to death suddenly, At the trial of  the innocent He laugheth.
         
                                
                        24 Earth hath been given Into the hand of the wicked one. The  face of its judges he covereth, If not -- where, who [is] he?