Job 10
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New American Standard Bible 1995Holman Christian Standard Bible
1"I loathe my own life; I will give full vent to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.1I am disgusted with my life. I will express my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul.
2"I will say to God, 'Do not condemn me; Let me know why You contend with me.2I will say to God: "Do not declare me guilty! Let me know why You prosecute me.
3'Is it right for You indeed to oppress, To reject the labor of Your hands, And to look favorably on the schemes of the wicked?3Is it good for You to oppress, to reject the work of Your hands, and favor the plans of the wicked?
4'Have You eyes of flesh? Or do You see as a man sees?4Do You have eyes of flesh, or do You see as a human sees?
5'Are Your days as the days of a mortal, Or Your years as man's years,5Are Your days like those of a human, or Your years like those of a man,
6That You should seek for my guilt And search after my sin?6that You look for my wrongdoing and search for my sin,
7'According to Your knowledge I am indeed not guilty, Yet there is no deliverance from Your hand.7even though You know that I am not wicked and that there is no one who can deliver from Your hand?
8'Your hands fashioned and made me altogether, And would You destroy me?8"Your hands shaped me and formed me. Will You now turn and destroy me?
9'Remember now, that You have made me as clay; And would You turn me into dust again?9Please remember that You formed me like clay. Will You now return me to dust?
10'Did You not pour me out like milk And curdle me like cheese;10Did 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?11You clothed me with skin and flesh, and wove me together with bones and tendons.
12'You have granted me life and lovingkindness; And Your care has preserved my spirit.12You gave me life and faithful love, and Your care has guarded my life.
13'Yet these things You have concealed in Your heart; I know that this is within You:13"Yet You concealed these thoughts in Your heart; I know that this was Your hidden plan:
14If I sin, then You would take note of me, And would not acquit me of my guilt.14if I sin, You would notice, and would not acquit me of my wrongdoing.
15If I am wicked, woe to me! And if I am righteous, I dare not lift up my head. I am sated with disgrace and conscious of my misery.15If I am wicked, woe to me! And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head. I am filled with shame and aware of my affliction.
16Should my head be lifted up, You would hunt me like a lion; And again You would show Your power against me.16If I am proud, You hunt me like a lion and again display Your miraculous power against me.
17'You renew Your witnesses against me And increase Your anger toward me; Hardship after hardship is with me.17You produce new witnesses against me and multiply Your anger toward me. Hardships assault me, wave after wave.
18'Why then have You brought me out of the womb? Would that I had died and no eye had seen me!18"Why did You bring me out of the womb? I should have died and never been seen.
19'I should have been as though I had not been, Carried from womb to tomb.'19I wish I had never existed but had been carried from the womb to the grave.
20"Would He not let my few days alone? Withdraw from me that I may have a little cheer20Are my days not few? Stop it! Leave me alone, so that I can smile a little
21Before I go-- and I shall not return-- To the land of darkness and deep shadow,21before I go to a land of darkness and gloom, never to return.
22The land of utter gloom as darkness itself, Of deep shadow without order, And which shines as the darkness."22It is a land of blackness like the deepest darkness, gloomy and chaotic, where even the light is like the darkness."
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