Job 10
10
1I am tired of living.
Listen to my bitter complaint.
2Don't condemn me, God.
Tell me! What is the charge against me?
3Is it right for you to be so cruel?
To despise what you yourself have made?
And then to smile on the schemes of wicked people?
4Do you see things as we do?
5Is your life as short as ours?
6Then why do you track down all my sins
and hunt down every fault I have?
7You know that I am not guilty,
that no one can save me from you.
8Your hands formed and shaped me,
and now#10.8 Some ancient translations and now; Hebrew together. those same hands destroy me.
9Remember that you made me from clay;#10.9 One ancient translation from clay; Hebrew like clay.
are you going to crush me back to dust?
10You gave my father strength to beget me;
you made me grow in my mother's womb.
11You formed my body with bones and sinews
and covered the bones with muscles and skin.
12You have given me life and constant love,
and your care has kept me alive.
13But now I know that all that time
you were secretly planning to harm me.
14You were watching to see if I would sin,
so that you could refuse to forgive me.
15As soon as I sin, I'm in trouble with you,
but when I do right, I get no credit.
I am miserable and covered with shame.#10.15 Probable text covered with shame; Hebrew see my shame.
16If I have any success at all,
you hunt me down like a lion;
to hurt me you even work miracles.
17You always have some witness against me;
your anger towards me grows and grows;
you always plan some new attack.
18Why, God, did you let me be born?
I should have died before anyone saw me.
19To go from the womb straight to the grave
would have been as good as never existing.
20Isn't my life almost over? Leave me alone!
Let me enjoy the time I have left.
21I am going soon and will never come back —
going to a land that is dark and gloomy,
22a land of darkness, shadows, and confusion,
where the light itself is darkness.
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Good News Bible. Scripture taken from the Good News Bible (r) (Today's English Version Second Edition, UK/British Edition). Copyright © 1992 British & Foreign Bible Society. Used by permission.
Job 10
10
1“I hate my life,
so I will complain without holding back;
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 hands?
Are you happy with the plans of evil people?
4Do you have human eyes
that see as we see?
5Are your days like the days of humans,
and your years like our years?
6You look for the evil I have done
and search for my sin.
7You know I am not guilty,
but no one can save me from your power.
8“Your hands shaped and made me.
Do you now turn around and destroy me?
9Remember that you molded me like a piece of clay.
Will you now turn me back into dust?
10You formed me inside my mother
like cheese formed from milk.
11You dressed me with skin and flesh;
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 was in your mind.
14If I sinned, you would watch me
and would not let my sin go unpunished.
15How terrible it will be for me if I am guilty!
Even if I am right, I cannot lift my head.
I am full of shame
and experience only pain.
16If I hold up my head, you hunt me like a lion
and again show your terrible power against me.
17You bring new witnesses against me
and increase your anger against me.
Your armies come against me.
18“So why did you allow me to be born?
I wish I had died before anyone saw me.
19I wish I had never lived,
but had been carried straight from birth to the grave.
20The few days of my life are almost over.
Leave me alone so I can have a moment of joy.
21Soon I will leave; I will not return
from the land of darkness and gloom,
22the land of darkest night,
from the land of gloom and confusion,
where even the light is darkness.”
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