| King James Bible | NET Bible |
| 1My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. | 1"I am weary of my life; I will complain without restraint; 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. | 2I will say to God, 'Do not condemn me; tell me why you are contending 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? | 3Is it good for you to oppress, to despise the work of your hands, while you smile on the schemes of the wicked? |
| 4Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth? | 4"Do you have eyes of flesh, or do you see as a human being sees? |
| 5Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days, | 5Are your days like the days of a mortal, or your years like the years of a mortal, |
| 6That thou inquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin? | 6that you must search out my iniquity, and inquire about my sin, |
| 7Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand. | 7although you know that I am not guilty, and that there is no one who can deliver out of your hand? |
| 8Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me. | 8"Your hands have shaped me and made me, but now you destroy me completely. |
| 9Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again? | 9Remember that you have made me as with the clay; will you return me to dust? |
| 10Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese? | 10Did you not pour me out like milk, and curdle me like cheese? |
| 11Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews. | 11You 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. | 12You gave me life and favor, and your intervention watched over my spirit. |
| 13And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee. | 13"But these things you have concealed in your heart; I know that this is with you: |
| 14If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity. | 14If I sinned, then you would watch me and you would not acquit me of my 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; | 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. |
| 16For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me. | 16If I lift myself up, you hunt me as a fierce lion, and again you display your power against me. |
| 17Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me. | 17You bring new witnesses against me, and increase your anger against me; relief troops come 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! | 18"Why then did you bring me out from the womb? I should have died and no eye would have seen me! |
| 19I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave. | 19I should have been as though I had never existed; I should have been carried right from the womb to the grave! |
| 20Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, | 20Are not my days few? Cease, then, and leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort, |
| 21Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; | 21before I depart, never to return, to the land of darkness and the deepest shadow, |
| 22A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness. | 22to the land of utter darkness, like the deepest darkness, and the deepest shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness." |
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