"If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?"
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This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.
If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me.
Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?
The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
You will not let me be clear of sin! why then do I take trouble for nothing?
Be it that I am wicked, why then do I labour in vain?
If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?
If I am wicked, why then do I labor in vain?
I shall be condemned; Why then do I labor in vain?
I -- I am become wicked; why `is' this? `In' vain I labour.