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
10
1“My soul is weary of my life.
I will give free course to my complaint.
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
2I will tell God, ‘Do not condemn me.
Show me why you contend with me.
3Is it 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 do you see as man sees?
5Are your days as the days of mortals,
or your years as man’s years,
6that you inquire after my iniquity,
and search after my sin?
7Although you know that I am not wicked,
there is no one who can deliver out of your hand.
8“‘Your hands have framed me and fashioned me altogether,
yet you destroy me.
9Remember, I beg you, that you have fashioned me as clay.
Will you bring me into dust again?
10Haven’t you poured me out like milk,
and curdled me like cheese?
11You have clothed me with skin and flesh,
and knit me together with bones and sinews.
12You have granted me life and loving kindness.
Your visitation has preserved my spirit.
13Yet you hid these things in your heart.
I know that this is with you:
14if I sin, then you mark me.
You will not acquit me from my iniquity.
15If I am wicked, woe to me.
If I am righteous, I still will not lift up my head,
being filled with disgrace,
and conscious of my affliction.
16If my head is held high, you hunt me like a lion.
Again you show yourself powerful to me.
17You renew your witnesses against me,
and increase your indignation on me.
Changes and warfare are with me.
18“‘Why, then, have you brought me out of the womb?
I wish I had given up the spirit, and no eye had seen me.
19I should have been as though I had not been.
I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
20Aren’t my days few?
Stop!
Leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,
21before I go where I will not return from,
to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;
22the land dark as midnight,
of the shadow of death,
without any order,
where the light is as midnight.’”
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