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Job 10
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1My soul is weary of my life; I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
1I am disgusted with my life; I will give full vent to my complaint and speak from my bitter soul.
2I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; Show me wherefore thou contendest with me.
2I will say to God: Do not just condemn me; tell me what charges you have against me.
3Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, That thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, And shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
3Does it please you to oppress me, to reject the very human being you made, while you smile on the schemes of the wicked?
4Hast thou eyes of flesh? Or seest thou as man seeth?
4Do you have human eyes? Do you see things the way humans do?
5Are thy days as the days of man, Or thy years as man’s days,
5Is your life as short as a human life? Are your years like a person’s days,
6That thou inquirest after mine iniquity, And searchest after my sin,
6that you must search so hard for my guilt and hunt for my sin?
7Although thou knowest that I am not wicked, And there is none that can deliver out of thy hand?
7You know very well that I am not guilty, and that no one can save me from your hand.
8Thy hands have framed me and fashioned me Together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
8Your hands shaped me and made me altogether, yet now you turn and destroy me.
9Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast fashioned me as clay; And wilt thou bring me into dust again?
9Please remember that you molded me like clay; will you now turn me back into dust?
10Hast thou not poured me out as milk, And curdled me like cheese?
10Did you not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese?
11Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, And knit me together with bones and sinews.
11You clothed me with skin and flesh and knit me together with bones and muscles.
12Thou hast granted me life and lovingkindness; And thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.
12You gave me life and showed me constant love, and your care has kept me alive.
13Yet these things thou didst hide in thy heart; I know that this is with thee:
13But you hid these secret plans in your heart; I know this is what you intended all along:
14If I sin, then thou markest me, And thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
14If I sin, you watch me and will not let my offenses go unpunished.
15If I be wicked, woe unto me; And if I be righteous, yet shall I not lift up my head; Being filled with ignominy, And looking upon mine affliction.
15If I am guilty, how terrible for me! Even if I am innocent, I cannot hold my head up because I am full of shame and drowning in my misery.
16And ifmy head exalt itself, thou huntest me as a lion; And again thou showest thyself marvellous upon me.
16If I hold my head high, you hunt me down like a lion and show your awesome power against me again and again.
17Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, And increasest thine indignation upon me: Changes and warfare are with me.
17You bring new witnesses against me and increase your anger toward me; fresh troops come against me in waves.
18Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me.
18Why did you even bring me out of the womb? I wish I had died before any eye saw me.
19I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
19It would have been as if I never existed, carried straight from the womb to the grave.
20Are not my days few? cease then, And let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
20Are my few days not almost over? Stop and leave me alone, so I can have a little moment of joy,