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 give free expression to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.

I will say to God, 'Do not merely condemn me; show me why you accuse me.

3 Is 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?

Is it good to you that you should oppress me, to despise the work of your hands while you smile on the plans of the wicked?

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

Do you have eyes of flesh? Do you see like a man sees?

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

Are your days like the days of mankind or your years like the years of people,

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

that you inquire after my iniquity and search after my sin,

7 Although thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand?

although you know I am not guilty and there is no one who can rescue me from your hand?

8 Thine hands have framed me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.

Your hands have framed and fashioned me together round about, yet you are destroying me.

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

Call to mind, I beg you, that you have fashioned me like clay; will you bring me into dust again?

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

Have you not poured me out like milk and curdled me like cheese?

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

You have clothed me with skin and flesh and knit me together with bones and sinews.

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

You have granted me life and covenant faithfulness; your help has guarded my spirit.

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

Yet these things you hid in your heart— I know that this is what you were thinking:

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

that if I sinned, you would notice it; you would not acquit me of 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 have acted wickedly, woe to me; and even if I acted righteously, I could not lift up my head, since I am filled with disgrace— see my affliction!

16 And if [my head] exalt itself, thou huntest me as a lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvelous upon me.

If my head were lifted up, you would stalk me like a lion; and again you would show yourself with marvellous acts of power against me.

17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and warfare are with me.

You bring new witnesses against me and increase your anger against me; you attack me with fresh armies.

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, have you brought me out of the womb? I wish I had given up my spirit and that no eye had ever 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 would have been as though I had never existed; I would 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 only a few? Stop then, let me alone, so that I may have a little rest

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

before I go from where I will not return, to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death,

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 that is as dark as midnight, the land of the shadow of death, without any order, where the light is like midnight.'”