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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The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Job 10
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1“I loathe my life;
I will give free utterance to my complaint;
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
2I will say to God, Do not condemn me;
let me know why thou dost contend against me.
3Does it seem good to thee to oppress,
to despise the work of thy hands
and favor the designs of the wicked?
4Hast thou eyes of flesh?
Dost thou see as man sees?
5Are thy days as the days of man,
or thy years as man's years,
6that thou dost seek out my iniquity
and search for my sin,
7although thou knowest that I am not guilty,
and there is none to deliver out of thy hand?
8Thy hands fashioned and made me;
and now thou dost turn about and destroy me.#10.8 Cn Compare Gk Syr: Heb made me together round about and thou dost destroy me
9Remember that thou hast made me of clay;#10.9 Gk: Heb like clay
and wilt thou turn me to dust again?
10Didst thou not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese?
11Thou didst clothe me with skin and flesh,
and knit me together with bones and sinews.
12Thou hast granted me life and steadfast love;
and thy care has preserved my spirit.
13Yet these things thou didst hide in thy heart;
I know that this was thy purpose.
14If I sin, thou dost mark me,
and dost not acquit me of my iniquity.
15If I am wicked, woe to me!
If I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head,
for I am filled with disgrace
and look upon my affliction.
16And if I lift myself up,#10.16 Syr: Heb he lifts himself up thou dost hunt me like a lion,
and again work wonders against me;
17thou dost renew thy witnesses against me,
and increase thy vexation toward me;
thou dost bring fresh hosts against me.#10.17 Cn Compare Gk: Heb changes and a host are with me
18“Why didst thou bring me forth from the womb?
Would that I had died before any eye had seen me,
19and were as though I had not been,
carried from the womb to the grave.
20Are not the days of my life few?#10.20 Cn Compare Gk Syr: Heb Are not my days few? Let him cease
Let me alone, that I may find a little comfort#10.20 Heb brighten up
21before I go whence I shall not return,
to the land of gloom and deep darkness,
22the land of gloom#10.22 Heb gloom as darkness, deep darkness and chaos,
where light is as darkness.”
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