Job 10
1 My soul hath been weary of my life, I leave off my talking to myself, I speak in the bitterness of my soul.
My soul is weary of my life. I will give free reign to my complaint. I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
2 I say unto God, 'Do not condemn me, Let me know why Thou dost strive [with] me.
I will say to God, Do not condemn me. Show me why thou contend with me.
3 Is it good for Thee that Thou dost oppress? That Thou despisest the labour of Thy hands, And on the counsel of the wicked hast shone?
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?
4 Eyes of flesh hast Thou? As man seeth — seest Thou?
Have thou eyes of flesh? Or do thou see as man sees?
5 As the days of man [are] Thy days? Thy years as the days of a man?
Are thy days as the days of man, or thy years as man's days,
6 That Thou inquirest for mine iniquity, And for my sin seekest?
that thou inquire after my iniquity, and search after my sin,
7 For Thou knowest that I am not wicked, And there is no deliverer from Thy hand.
although thou know that I am not wicked. And there is none that can deliver out of thy hand?
8 Thy hands have taken pains about me, And they make me together round about, And Thou swallowest me up!
Thy hands have made me and fashioned me together round about, yet thou destroy me.
9 Remember, I pray Thee, That as clay Thou hast made me, And unto dust Thou dost bring me back.
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou have fashioned me as clay. And will thou bring me into dust again?
10 Dost Thou not as milk pour me out? And as cheese curdle me?
Have thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
11 Skin and flesh Thou dost put on me, And with bones and sinews dost fence me.
Thou have clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews.
12 Life and kindness Thou hast done with me. And Thy inspection hath preserved my spirit.
Thou have granted me life and loving kindness, and thy visitation has preserved my spirit.
13 And these Thou hast laid up in Thy heart, I have known that this [is] with Thee.
Yet these things thou hid in thy heart. I know that this is with thee.
14 If I sinned, then Thou hast observed me, And from mine iniquity dost not acquit me,
If I sin, then thou mark me. And thou will not acquit me from my iniquity.
15 If I have done wickedly — woe to me, And righteously — I lift not up my head, Full of shame — then see my affliction,
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.
16 And it riseth — as a lion Thou huntest me. And Thou turnest back — Thou shewest Thyself wonderful in me.
And if my head exalts itself, thou hunt me as a lion. And again thou show thyself marvelous upon me.
17 Thou renewest Thy witnesses against me, And dost multiply Thine anger with me, Changes and warfare [are] with me.
Thou renew thy witnesses against me, and increase thine indignation upon me. Changes and warfare are with me.
18 And why from the womb Hast Thou brought me forth? I expire, and the eye doth not see me.
Why then have thou brought me forth out of the womb? I would have given up the spirit, and no eye had seen me.
19 As I had not been, I am, From the belly to the grave I am brought,
I should have been 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 put from me, And I brighten up a little,
Are not my days few? Cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little
21 Before I go, and return not, Unto a land of darkness and death-shade,
before I go where I shall not return, to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death,
22 A land of obscurity as thick darkness, Death-shade — and no order, And the shining [is] as thick darkness.'
the land dark as midnight, of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as midnight.
