- They skim past like boats of papyrus, like eagles swooping down on their prey.
- If I say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will change my expression, and smile,'
- I still dread all my sufferings, for I know you will not hold me innocent.
- Since I am already found guilty, why should I struggle in vain?
- Even if I washed myself with soap and my hands with washing soda,
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- "They slip by like reed boats, Like an eagle that swoops on its prey.
- "Though I say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my sad countenance and be cheerful,'
- I am afraid of all my pains, I know that You will not acquit me.
- "I am accounted wicked, Why then should I toil in vain?
- "If I should wash myself with snow And cleanse my hands with lye,
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