22   This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
'echad²⁵⁹ 'amar⁵⁵⁹ kalah³⁶¹⁵ tam⁸⁵³⁵ rasha`⁷⁵⁶³

23   If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
showt⁷⁷⁵² muwth⁴¹⁹¹ pith'owm⁶⁵⁹⁷ la`ag³⁹³² maccah⁴⁵³¹ naqiy⁵³⁵⁵

24   The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?
'erets⁷⁷⁶ nathan⁵⁴¹⁴ yad³⁰²⁷ rasha`⁷⁵⁶³ kacah³⁶⁸⁰ paniym⁶⁴⁴⁰ shaphat⁸¹⁹⁹ 'ephow⁶⁴⁵

25   Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.
yowm³¹¹⁷ qalal⁷⁰⁴³ ruwts⁷³²³ barach¹²⁷² ra'ah⁷²⁰⁰ towb²⁸⁹⁶

26   They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.
chalaph²⁴⁹⁸ `im⁵⁹⁷³ 'ebeh¹⁶ 'oniyah⁵⁹¹ nesher⁵⁴⁰⁴ tuws²⁹⁰⁷ 'okel⁴⁰⁰

27   If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
'amar⁵⁵⁹ shakach⁷⁹¹¹ siyach⁷⁸⁷⁹ `azab⁵⁸⁰⁰ paniym⁶⁴⁴⁰ balag¹⁰⁸²

28   I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
yagor³⁰²⁵ `atstsebeth<sup>6094</sup> yada`³⁰⁴⁵ naqah⁵³⁵²

29   If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?
rasha`<sup>7561</sup> yaga`³⁰²¹ hebel¹⁸⁹²

30   If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean;
rachats⁷³⁶⁴ bmow¹¹¹⁹ sheleg⁷⁹⁵⁰ mayim⁴³²⁵ kaph³⁷⁰⁹ bor¹²⁵³ zakak²¹⁴¹