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20 Even if I were innocent,
    God would prove me wrong.[a]
21 I am not guilty,
but I no longer care
    what happens to me.
22 What difference does it make?
God destroys the innocent
    along with the guilty.

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Footnotes

  1. 9.20 God … wrong: Or “my own words would prove me wrong.”

20 Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me;
    if I were blameless, it would pronounce me guilty.(A)

21 “Although I am blameless,(B)
    I have no concern for myself;(C)
    I despise my own life.(D)
22 It is all the same; that is why I say,
    ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’(E)

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