Job 10
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1"I am weary of my life; I will complain without restraint; 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.
2I will say to God, 'Do not condemn me; tell me why you are contending with me.' 2I will say to God: "Do not declare me guilty! Let me know why You prosecute me.
3Is it good for you to oppress, to despise the work of your hands, while you smile 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"Do you have eyes of flesh, or do you see as a human being sees? 4Do You have eyes of flesh, or do You see as a human sees?
5Are your days like the days of a mortal, or your years like the years of a mortal, 5Are Your days like those of a human, or Your years like those of a man,
6that you must search out my iniquity, and inquire about my sin, 6that You look for my wrongdoing and search for my sin,
7although you know that I am not guilty, and that there is no one who can deliver out of 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 have shaped me and made me, but now you destroy me completely. 8"Your hands shaped me and formed me. Will You now turn and destroy me?
9Remember that you have made me as with the clay; will you return me to dust? 9Please remember that You formed me like clay. Will You now return me to dust?
10Did 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?
11You clothed 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.
12You gave me life and favor, and your intervention watched over my spirit. 12You gave me life and faithful love, and Your care has guarded my life.
13"But these things you have concealed in your heart; I know that this is with you: 13"Yet You concealed these thoughts in Your heart; I know that this was Your hidden plan:
14If I sinned, then you would watch me and you would not acquit me of my iniquity. 14if I sin, You would notice, and would not acquit me of my wrongdoing.
15If I am guilty, woe to me, and if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head; I am full of shame, and satiated with my affliction. 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.
16If I lift myself up, you hunt me as a fierce lion, and again you display your power against me. 16If I am proud, You hunt me like a lion and again display Your miraculous power against me.
17You bring new witnesses against me, and increase your anger against me; relief troops come against me. 17You produce new witnesses against me and multiply Your anger toward me. Hardships assault me, wave after wave.
18"Why then did you bring me out from the womb? I should have died and no eye would have seen me! 18"Why did You bring me out of the womb? I should have died and never been seen.
19I should have been as though I had never existed; I should have been carried right from the womb to the grave! 19I wish I had never existed but had been carried from the womb to the grave.
20Are not my days few? Cease, then, and leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort, 20Are my days not few? Stop it! Leave me alone, so that I can smile a little
21before I depart, never to return, to the land of darkness and the deepest shadow, 21before I go to a land of darkness and gloom, never to return.
22to the land of utter darkness, like the deepest darkness, and the deepest shadow and disorder, where even the light is like 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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