Job 10
10
Job Bemoans His Condition
1My soul is weary of my life;
I will leave my complaint upon myself;
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
2I will say unto God, Do not condemn me;
show me wherefore thou contendest with me.
3 Is 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?
5 Are thy days as the days of man?
Are thy years as man's days,
6that thou inquirest after mine iniquity,
and searchest after my sin?
7Thou knowest that I am not wicked;
and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.
8Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about;
yet thou dost destroy me.
9Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the 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 hast fenced me with bones and sinews.
12Thou hast granted me life and favor,
and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.
13And these things hast thou hid 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 will I not lift up my head.
I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;
16for it increaseth.
Thou huntest me as a fierce lion:
and again thou showest thyself marvelous upon me.
17Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me;
changes and war are against me.
18Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb?
Oh that 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.
20 Are 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 the shadow of death;
22a land of darkness, as darkness itself;
and of the shadow of death, without any order,
and where the light is as darkness.
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King James Version 1611, spelling, punctuation and text formatting modernized by ABS in 1962; typesetting © 2010 American Bible Society.
Job 10
10
1“I’m sick of living.
So I’ll talk openly about my problems.
I’ll speak out because my spirit is bitter.
2I say to God, ‘Don’t find me guilty.
Instead, tell me what charges
you are bringing against me.
3Does it make you happy when you crush me?
Does it please you to turn your back on what you have made?
While you do those things,
you smile on the plans of sinful people!
4You don’t have human eyes.
You don’t see as people see.
5Your days aren’t like the days of a mere human being.
Your years aren’t even like the years of a strong man.
6So you search for my mistakes.
You look for my sin.
7You already know I’m not guilty.
No one can save me from your power.
8“ ‘Your hands shaped me and made me.
So are you going to destroy me now?
9Remember, you molded me like clay.
So are you going to turn me back into dust?
10Didn’t you pour me out like milk?
Didn’t you form me like cheese?
11Didn’t you put skin and flesh on me?
Didn’t you sew me together with bones and muscles?
12You gave me life. You were kind to me.
You took good care of me. You watched over me.
13“ ‘But here’s what you hid in your heart.
Here’s what you had on your mind.
14If I sinned, you would be watching me.
You wouldn’t let me go without punishing me.
15If I were guilty, how terrible that would be for me!
Even if I haven’t sinned,
I can’t be proud of what I’ve done.
That’s because I’m so full of shame.
I’m drowning in my suffering.
16If I become proud, you hunt me down like a lion.
You show your mighty power against me.
17You bring new witnesses against me.
You become more and more angry with me.
You use your power against me again and again.
18“ ‘Why did you bring me out of my mother’s body?
I wish I had died before anyone saw me.
19I wish I’d never been born!
I wish I’d been carried straight from my mother’s body to the grave!
20Aren’t my few days almost over?
Leave me so I can have a moment of joy.
21Turn away before I go to the place I can’t return from.
It’s the land of gloom and total darkness.
22It’s the land of darkest night
and total darkness and disorder.
There even the light is like darkness.’ ”
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