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 course 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 unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou strivest 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?
Doth it please thee to oppress, that thou shouldest 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?
Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
5 As the days of man [are] Thy days? Thy years as the days of a man?
Are thy days as the days of a mortal? are thy years as a man's days,
6 That Thou inquirest for mine iniquity, And for my sin seekest?
That thou searchest after mine iniquity, and inquirest into my sin;
7 For Thou knowest that I am not wicked, And there is no deliverer from 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 taken pains about me, And they make me together round about, And Thou swallowest me up!
Thy hands have bound me together and made me as one, round about; yet dost thou swallow me up!
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 hast made me as clay, and wilt bring me into dust again.
10 Dost Thou not as milk pour me out? And as cheese curdle me?
Hast 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 hast 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 hast granted me life and favour, and thy care hath preserved my spirit;
13 And these Thou hast laid up in Thy heart, I have known that this [is] with Thee.
And these things didst thou hide in thy heart; I know that this was with thee.
14 If I sinned, then Thou hast observed me, And from mine iniquity dost not acquit me,
If I sinned, thou wouldest mark me, and thou wouldest not acquit me of mine 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 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 it riseth — as a lion Thou huntest me. And Thou turnest back — Thou shewest Thyself wonderful in me.
And it increaseth: thou huntest me as a fierce lion; and ever again thou shewest thy marvellous power upon me.
17 Thou renewest Thy witnesses against me, And dost multiply Thine anger with 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 And why from the womb Hast Thou brought me forth? I expire, and the eye doth not see me.
And wherefore didst thou bring me forth out of the womb? I had expired, 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 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 put from me, And I brighten up a little,
Are not my days few? cease then and let me alone, that I may revive a little,
21 Before I go, and return not, Unto a land of darkness and death-shade,
Before I go, and never to return, — to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
22 A land of obscurity as thick darkness, Death-shade — and no order, And the shining [is] as thick darkness.'
A land of gloom, as darkness itself; of the shadow of death, without any order, where the light is as thick darkness.
