Job 10
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Job: I Would Plead with God
1“My #1 Kin. 19:4; Job 7:16; Jon. 4:3soul loathes my life;
I will give free course to my complaint,
#Job 7:11I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
2I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me;
Show me why You contend with me.
3Does it seem good to You that You should oppress,
That You should despise the work of Your hands,
And smile on the counsel of the wicked?
4Do You have eyes of flesh?
Or #(1 Sam. 16:7; Job 28:24; 34:21)do You see as man sees?
5Are Your days like the days of a mortal man?
Are Your years like the days of a mighty man,
6That You should seek for my iniquity
And search out my sin,
7Although You know that I am not wicked,
And there is no one who can deliver from Your hand?
8‘Your#Job 10:3; Ps. 119:73 hands have made me and fashioned me,
An intricate unity;
Yet You would #(Job 9:22)destroy me.
9Remember, I pray, #Gen. 2:7; Job 33:6that You have made me like clay.
And will You turn me into dust again?
10#(Ps. 139:14–16)Did You not pour me out like milk,
And curdle me like cheese,
11Clothe me with skin and flesh,
And knit me together with bones and sinews?
12You have granted me life and favor,
And Your care has preserved my spirit.
13‘And these things You have hidden in Your heart;
I know that this was with You:
14If I sin, then #Job 7:20; Ps. 139:1You mark me,
And will not acquit me of my iniquity.
15If I am wicked, #Job 10:7; Is. 3:11woe to me;
#(Job 9:12, 15)Even if I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head.
I am full of disgrace;
#Ps. 25:18See my misery!
16If my head is exalted,
#Is. 38:13; Lam. 3:10; Hos. 13:7You hunt me like a fierce lion,
And again You show Yourself awesome against me.
17You renew Your witnesses against me,
And increase Your indignation toward me;
Changes and war are ever with me.
18‘Why#Job 3:11–13 then have You brought me out of the womb?
Oh, that I had perished and no eye had seen me!
19I would have been as though I had not been.
I would have been carried from the womb to the grave.
20#Ps. 39:5Are not my days few?
Cease! #Job 7:16, 19Leave me alone, that I may take a little comfort,
21Before I go to the place from which I shall not return,
#Ps. 88:12To the land of darkness #Ps. 23:4and the shadow of death,
22A land as dark as darkness itself,
As the shadow of death, without any order,
Where even the light is like darkness.’ ”
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Job 10
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1“I hate my own life.
So I will complain without holding back.
And I will speak because I am so unhappy.
2I will say to God: Do not hold me guilty.
But tell me what you have against me.
3Does it make you happy to trouble me?
Don’t you care about me, the work of your own hands?
Are you happy with the plans of evil people?
4Do you have human eyes?
Do you see as a man sees?
5Are your days like the days of man?
Are your years like the years of a man?
6You look for evil I have done
and search for my sin.
7But you know I am not guilty.
And you know no one can save me from your power.
8“Your hands shaped me and made me.
But now you turn around and destroy me.
9Remember that you molded me like a piece of clay.
Now will you turn me back into dust?
10You formed me in my mother’s womb
as cheese is formed from milk.
11You put skin and flesh on me like clothing.
You sewed me together with bones and muscles.
12You gave me life and showed me kindness.
And in your care you watched over my life.
13“But in your heart you hid other plans.
I know this is what was in your mind:
14If I sinned, you would be watching me.
You would not let my sin go unpunished.
15How terrible it will be for me if I am guilty!
But even if I am right, I cannot lift my head.
I am full of shame.
It is as if I am drowning in my pain.
16If I hold up my head, you hunt me like a lion.
And again you show your terrible power against me.
17You bring new witnesses against me.
You increase your anger against me.
Your armies come against me like waves of the sea.
18“So why did you allow me to be born?
I wish I had died before anyone saw me.
19I wish I had never been born.
Or I wish I had been carried straight from birth to the grave!
20My few days of life are almost over.
Leave me alone so I can have a moment of joy.
21Soon I will leave and not return.
I will go to the land of darkness and gloom.
22It is the land of darkest night.
It is the land of gloom and confusion.
Even the light is darkness there.”
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