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.

I am weary of my life; I will let loose within me my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

2 I will say unto God: Do not condemn me; make me know wherefore Thou contendest with me.

I will say unto God, Do not condemn me! Show me wherefore 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 a pleasure to thee to oppress, And to despise the work of thy hands, And to shine upon the plans 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 a man's days,

Are thy days as the days of a man, Are thy years as the days of a mortal,

6 That Thou inquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin,

That thou seekest after my iniquity, And searchest after my sin,

7 Although Thou knowest that I shall not be condemned; and there is none that can deliver out of Thy hand?

Though thou knowest that I am not guilty, And that none can deliver from thy hand?

8 Thy hands have framed me and fashioned me together round about; yet Thou dost destroy me!

Have thy hands completely fashioned and made me In every part, that thou mightst destroy me?

9 Remember, I beseech Thee, that Thou hast fashioned me as clay; and wilt Thou bring me into dust again?

O remember that thou hast moulded me as clay! And wilt thou bring me again to dust?

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

Thou didst pour me out as milk, And curdle me as cheese;

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

With skin and flesh didst thou clothe me, And strengthen me with bones and sinews;

12 Thou hast granted me life and favour, and Thy providence hath preserved my spirit.

Thou didst grant me life and favor, And thy protection preserved my breath:

13 Yet these things Thou didst hide in Thy heart; I know that this is with Thee;

Yet these things thou didst lay up in thy heart! I know that this was in thy mind.

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 wilt not acquit me of mine 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 am wicked, —then woe unto me! Yet if righteous, I dare not lift up my head; I am full of confusion, beholding my affliction.

16 And if it exalt itself, Thou huntest me as a lion; and again Thou showest Thyself marvellous upon me.

If I lift it up, like a lion thou huntest me, And again showest thyself terrible unto me.

17 Thou renewest Thy witnesses against me, and increasest Thine indignation upon me; host succeeding host against me.

Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, And increasest thine anger toward me; New hosts continually rise up against me.

18 Wherefore then hast Thou brought me forth out of the womb? Would that I had perished, and no eye had seen me!

Why then didst thou bring me forth from the womb? I should have perished, 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 be as though I had not been; I should have been borne 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? O spare then, And let me alone, that I may be at ease a little while,

21 Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;

Before I go— whence I shall not return—To the land of darkness and death-shade,

22 A land of thick darkness, as darkness itself; a land of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

The land of darkness like the blackness of death-shade, Where is no order, and where the light is as darkness.