Job 10
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1"I loathe my very life; therefore I will give free rein to my complaint and speak out in the bitterness of my soul.1"I loathe my own life; I will give full vent to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
2I say to God: Do not declare me guilty, but tell me what charges you have against me.2"I will say to God, 'Do not condemn me; Let me know why You contend with me.
3Does it please you to oppress me, to spurn the work of your hands, while you smile on the plans of the wicked?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?
4Do you have eyes of flesh? Do you see as a mortal sees?4'Have You eyes of flesh? Or do You see as a man sees?
5Are your days like those of a mortal or your years like those of a strong man,5'Are Your days as the days of a mortal, Or Your years as man's years,
6that you must search out my faults and probe after my sin--6That You should seek for my guilt And search after my sin?
7though you know that I am not guilty and that no one can rescue me from your hand?7'According to Your knowledge I am indeed not guilty, Yet there is no deliverance from Your hand.
8"Your hands shaped me and made me. Will you now turn and destroy me?8'Your hands fashioned and made me altogether, And would You destroy me?
9Remember that you molded me like clay. Will you now turn me to dust again?9'Remember now, that You have made me as clay; And would You turn me into dust again?
10Did you not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese,10'Did 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?11Clothe me with skin and flesh, And knit me together with bones and sinews?
12You gave me life and showed me kindness, and in your providence watched over my spirit.12'You have granted me life and lovingkindness; And Your care has preserved my spirit.
13"But this is what you concealed in your heart, and I know that this was in your mind:13'Yet these things You have concealed in Your heart; I know that this is within You:
14If I sinned, you would be watching me and would not let my offense go unpunished.14If I sin, then You would take note of me, And would not acquit me of my guilt.
15If I am guilty--woe to me! Even if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head, for I am full of shame and drowned in my affliction.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.
16If I hold my head high, you stalk me like a lion and again display your awesome power against me.16Should my head be lifted up, You would hunt me like a lion; And again You would show Your power against me.
17You bring new witnesses against me and increase your anger toward me; your forces come against me wave upon wave.17'You renew Your witnesses against me And increase Your anger toward me; Hardship after hardship is with me.
18"Why then did you bring me out of the womb? I wish I had died before any eye saw me.18'Why then have You brought me out of the womb? Would that I had died and no eye had seen me!
19If only I had never come into being, or had been carried straight from the womb to the grave!19'I should have been as though I had not been, Carried from womb to tomb.'
20Are not my few days almost over? Turn away from me so I can have a moment's joy20"Would He not let my few days alone? Withdraw from me that I may have a little cheer
21before I go to the place of no return, to the land of gloom and utter darkness,21Before I go-- and I shall not return-- To the land of darkness and deep shadow,
22to the land of deepest night, of utter darkness and disorder, where even the light is like darkness."22The land of utter gloom as darkness itself, Of deep shadow without order, And which shines as the darkness."
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