Job 10

¹I am weary of my life; I will let loose within me my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

²I will say unto God, Do not condemn me! Show me wherefore thou contendest with me!

³Is it a pleasure to thee to oppress, And to despise the work of thy hands, And to shine upon the plans of the wicked?

⁴Hast thou eyes of flesh, Or seest thou as man seeth?

⁵Are thy days as the days of a man, Are thy years as the days of a mortal,

⁶That thou seekest after my iniquity, And searchest after my sin,

⁷Though thou knowest that I am not guilty, And that none can deliver from thy hand?

⁸Have thy hands completely fashioned and made me In every part, that thou mightst destroy me?

⁹O remember that thou hast moulded me as clay! And wilt thou bring me again to dust?

¹⁰Thou didst pour me out as milk, And curdle me as cheese;

¹¹With skin and flesh didst thou clothe me, And strengthen me with bones and sinews;

¹²Thou didst grant me life and favor, And thy protection preserved my breath:

¹³Yet these things thou didst lay up in thy heart! I know that this was in thy mind.

¹⁴If I sin, then thou markest me, And wilt not acquit me of mine iniquity.

¹⁵If 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.

¹⁶If I lift it up, like a lion thou huntest me, And again showest thyself terrible unto me.

¹⁷Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, And increasest thine anger toward me; New hosts continually rise up against me.

¹⁸Why then didst thou bring me forth from the womb? I should have perished, and no eye had seen me;

¹⁹I should be as though I had not been; I should have been borne from the womb to the grave.

²⁰Are not my days few? O spare then, And let me alone, that I may be at ease a little while,

²¹Before I go— whence I shall not return—To the land of darkness and death-shade,

²²The land of darkness like the blackness of death-shade, Where is no order, and where the light is as darkness.

¹My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

²I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.

³Is 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?

⁴Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?

⁵Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man’s days,

⁶That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?

⁷Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.

⁸Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.

⁹Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?

¹⁰Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?

¹¹Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.

¹²Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.

¹³And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee.

¹⁴If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.

¹⁵If 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;

¹⁶For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.

¹⁷Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.

¹⁸Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!

¹⁹I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.

²⁰Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

²¹Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

²²A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.