Job 10

1 My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; 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; show me wherefore you contend with me.

I will say unto God, Do not condemn me! Show me wherefore thou contendest with me!

3 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?

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 Have you eyes of flesh? or see you as man sees?

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

5 Are your days as the days of man? are your years as man's days,

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

6 That you enquire after mine iniquity, and search after my sin?

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

7 You know that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of your hand.

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

8 your hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet you do destroy me.

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

9 Remember, I plead to you, that you have made me as the clay; and will you bring me into dust again?

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

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

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

11 You have clothed me with skin and flesh, and have fenced me with bones and sinews.

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

12 You have granted me life and favour, and your visitation has preserved my spirit.

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

13 And these things have you hid in your heart: I know that this is with you.

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

14 If I sin, then you mark me, and you will 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 will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see you 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 For it increases. You hunt me as a fierce lion: and again you show yourself marvellous upon me.

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

17 You renew your witnesses against me, and increase your indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.

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

18 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!

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 the shadow of death;

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

22 A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and 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.