Job 10

1 My soul is weary of my life; I will give free course 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 unto God, Do not condemn me; Show me wherefore thou contendest with me.

I will say to God, Do not condemn me; show me why thou contendest with me.

3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, That thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, And shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

Is it good to thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? Or seest thou as man seeth?

Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?

5 Are thy days as the days of man, Or thy years as man’s days,

Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man’s days,

6 That thou inquirest after mine iniquity, And searchest after my sin,

That thou enquirest after my iniquity, and searchest after my sin?

7 Although thou knowest that I am not wicked, And there is none that can deliver out of thy hand?

Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thy hand.

8 Thy hands have framed me and fashioned me Together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.

Thy hands have made me and fashioned me in all my parts; yet thou dost destroy me.

9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast fashioned me as clay; And wilt thou bring me into dust again?

Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?

10 Hast thou not poured me out as milk, And curdled me like cheese?

Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?

11 Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, And knit me together with bones and sinews.

Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.

12 Thou hast granted me life and lovingkindness; And thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.

Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy care hath preserved my spirit.

13 Yet these things thou didst hide in thy heart; I know that this is with thee:

And these things hast thou hid in thy heart: I know that this is with thee.

14 If I sin, then thou markest me, And thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.

If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from my iniquity.

15 If I be wicked, woe unto me; And if I be righteous, yet shall I not lift up my head; Being filled with ignominy, And looking upon mine affliction.

If I be wicked, woe to me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou my affliction;

16 And if [my head] exalt itself, thou huntest me as a lion; And again thou showest thyself marvellous upon me.

For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou showest thyself marvellous upon me.

17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, And increasest thine indignation upon me: Changes and warfare are with me.

Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thy indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.

18 Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me.

Why then hast thou brought me forth from the womb? O that I had given up the ghost, 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 whence I shall not return, [Even] to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;

Before I go to the place from which I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

22 The land dark as midnight, [The land] 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.