Job 10
1 My soul is weary of my life. I will give free reign to my complaint. I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
2 I will say to God, Do not condemn me. Show me why thou contend with me.
I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; show me wherefore you contend with me.
3 Is it good to thee that thou should oppress, that thou should despise the work of thy hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
Is it good unto you that you should oppress, that you should despise the work of your hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
4 Have thou eyes of flesh? Or do thou see as man sees?
Have you eyes of flesh? or see you as man sees?
5 Are thy days as the days of man, or thy years as man's days,
Are your days as the days of man? are your years as man's days,
6 that thou inquire after my iniquity, and search after my sin,
That you enquire after mine iniquity, and search after my sin?
7 although thou know that I am not wicked. And there is none that can deliver out of thy hand?
You know that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of your hand.
8 Thy hands have made me and fashioned me together round about, yet thou destroy me.
your hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet you do destroy me.
9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou have fashioned me as clay. And will thou bring me into dust again?
Remember, I plead to you, that you have made me as the clay; and will you bring me into dust again?
10 Have thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
Have you not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
11 Thou have clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews.
You have clothed me with skin and flesh, and have fenced me with bones and sinews.
12 Thou have granted me life and loving kindness, and thy visitation has preserved my spirit.
You have granted me life and favour, and your visitation has preserved my spirit.
13 Yet these things thou hid in thy heart. I know that this is with thee.
And these things have you hid in your heart: I know that this is with you.
14 If I sin, then thou mark me. And thou will not acquit me from my iniquity.
If I sin, then you mark me, and you will not acquit me from mine iniquity.
15 If I be wicked, woe to me. And if I be righteous, yet I shall not lift up my head, being filled with shame, and looking upon my affliction.
If 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 you mine affliction;
16 And if my head exalts itself, thou hunt me as a lion. And again thou show thyself marvelous upon me.
For it increases. You hunt me as a fierce lion: and again you show yourself marvellous upon me.
17 Thou renew thy witnesses against me, and increase thine indignation upon me. Changes and warfare are with me.
You renew your witnesses against me, and increase your indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.
18 Why then have thou brought me forth out of the womb? I would have given up the spirit, and no eye had seen me.
Wherefore then have you brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the spirit, and no eye had seen me!
19 I should have been as though I had not been. I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
I 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
Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
21 before I go where I shall not return, to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death,
Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
22 the land dark as midnight, of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as midnight.
A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
