²⁴ The earth is given into the hands of the wicked; He covers the faces of its judges [so that they are blinded to justice]. If it is not [God], who then is it [responsible for all this inequality]?

²⁵ Now my days are swifter than a runner; they flee away, they see no good.

²⁶ They are passed away like the swift rowboats made of reeds, or like the eagle that swoops down on the prey.