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 give free course to my complaint; 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; shew me wherefore thou strivest 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?

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

4 Have thou eyes of flesh? Or do thou see as man sees?

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 a mortal? are thy years as a man's days,

6 that thou inquire after my iniquity, and search after my sin,

That thou searchest after mine iniquity, and inquirest into my sin;

7 although thou know that I am not wicked. And there is none that can deliver out of thy hand?

Since thou knowest that I am not wicked, and that there is none that delivereth out of thy hand?

8 Thy hands have made me and fashioned me together round about, yet thou destroy me.

Thy hands have bound me together and made me as one, round about; yet dost thou swallow me up!

9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou have fashioned me as clay. And will thou bring me into dust again?

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

10 Have 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 have clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews.

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

12 Thou have granted me life and loving kindness, and thy visitation has preserved my spirit.

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

13 Yet these things thou hid in thy heart. I know that this is with thee.

And these things didst thou hide in thy heart; I know that this was with thee.

14 If I sin, then thou mark me. And thou will not acquit me from my iniquity.

If I sinned, thou wouldest mark me, and thou wouldest not acquit me of 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 were wicked, woe unto me! and righteous, I will not lift up my head, being [so] full of shame, and beholding mine affliction; —

16 And if my head exalts itself, thou hunt me as a lion. And again thou show thyself marvelous upon me.

And it increaseth: thou huntest me as a fierce lion; and ever again thou shewest thy marvellous power upon me.

17 Thou renew thy witnesses against me, and increase thine indignation upon me. Changes and warfare are with me.

Thou renewest thy witnesses before me and increasest thy displeasure against me; successions [of evil] and a time of toil are with 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.

And wherefore didst thou bring me forth out of the womb? I had expired, 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 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 revive 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, and never to return, — 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 gloom, as darkness itself; of the shadow of death, without any order, where the light is as thick darkness.