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 tired of living. And I will not be silent and stop saying what I am complaining about. Instead, being very unhappy, I will speak [IDM].
2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
I will say to God, ‘Do not say that I must be punished; instead, tell me what wrong you are saying that I have done.
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?
Does it seem to be good for you to oppress me, to abandon me, whom you created, and instead, to help wicked people to do the things that they plan to do?
4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
Do you understand things the way that we humans do?
5 [Are] thy days as the days of man? [are] thy years as man’s days,
(Do you live for only a few years, like we do?/You certainly do not live for only a few years, like we do.) [RHQ]
6 That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?
So, why do you [RHQ] continue to search for my faults? Why do you hunt for my sins?
7 Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and [there is] none that can deliver out of thine hand.
You know that I am not guilty, and that no one can rescue me from your power [MTY].
8 Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
“'With your hands you created me and shaped/formed my body; but now you are [deciding that you should not have done that, and you are] destroying me.
9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
Do not forget that you made me from [a piece of] clay; are you going to cause me to become dirt again [RHQ]?
10 Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
You certainly [RHQ] directed/controlled it when I was conceived, and you formed me inside my mother’s womb [MET].
11 Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.
You fastened my bones together with sinews, and [then] you covered them with flesh inside my skin.
12 Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.
You have caused me to be alive, and you have faithfully loved me, and you have carefully (preserved me/kept me alive).
13 And these [things] hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this [is] with thee.
“'But you (kept secret/did not reveal) what [you were planning to do to me]; I am certain that you were planning [to do] these [things to me].
14 If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
You were watching to see if I would sin, in order that [if I sinned, ] you would refuse to forgive me.
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 thou mine affliction;
If I am a wicked man, I hope/wish that terrible things will happen to me. But even if I am righteous, I still must bow my head [and feel ashamed], because I am very disgraced and feel miserable.
16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.
And if I am proud, you hunt me like [SIM] a lion hunts [for some animal to kill], and you act powerfully to injure me.
17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war [are] against me.
You constantly find more witnesses [to testify that I have done what is wrong], and you continually become more angry/perturbed with me. [It is as though] you are always bringing new troops to attack me.
18 Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!
“'God, why did you allow me to be born? I wish/desire that I had died before anyone [SYN] saw me.
19 I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
[I consider that] it would have been better if I had been carried directly from my mother’s womb to the grave than for me to live.
20 [Are] not my days few? cease [then, and] let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
[I think that] [RHQ] there are only a few days for me to remain alive; so (allow me to be alone/stop attacking me), in order that I may be a little cheerful
21 Before I go [whence] I shall not return, [even] to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
before I go to the place from which I will never return, where it is always gloomy and very dark [DOU],
22 A land of darkness, as darkness [itself; and] of the shadow of death, without any order, and [where] the light [is] as darkness.
a place of darkness and dark shadows, where [everything] is confused/disordered, where [even a small amount of] light there is like darkness (OR, there is no light, only darkness).’”
