Job 10
10
1My 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 say unto God, Do not condemn me;
Shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
3Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress,
That thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands,
And shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
4Hast thou eyes of flesh,
Or seest thou as man seeth?
5Are thy days as the days of man,
Or thy years as man's days,
6That thou inquirest after mine iniquity,
And searchest after my sin,
7Although thou knowest that I am not wicked;
And there is none that can deliver out of thine hand?
8Thine hands have framed me and fashioned me
Together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
9Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast fashioned me as clay;
And wilt thou bring me into dust again?
10Hast thou not poured me out as milk,
And curdled me like cheese?
11Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh,
And knit me together with bones and sinews.
12Thou hast granted me life and favour,
And thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.
13Yet these things thou didst hide in thine heart;
I know that this is with thee:
14If I sin, then thou markest me,
And thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
15If I be wicked, woe unto me;
And if I be righteous, yet shall I not lift up my head;
Being filled with ignominy
And looking upon mine affliction.
16And if my head exalt itself, thou huntest me as a lion:
And again thou shewest thyself marvelous upon me.
17Thou renewest thy witnesses against me,
And increasest thine indignation upon me;
Changes and warfare are with me.
18Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb?
I had given up the ghost, 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.
20Are not my days few? cease then,
And let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
21Before I go whence I shall not return,
Even to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;
22A land of thick darkness, as darkness itself;
A land of the shadow of death, without any order,
And where the light is as darkness.
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Job 10
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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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