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20 Even if I hadn’t sinned, what I said would prove me guilty.
    Even if I were honest, my words would show that I’m wrong.

21 “Even though I’m honest,
    I’m not concerned about myself.
    I hate my own life.
22 It all amounts to the same thing. That’s why I say,
    ‘God destroys honest people and sinful people alike.’

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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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