Job 10
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1“My soul loathes my life; I will give free course to my complaint, I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.1“I loathe my life; I will give free utterance to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
2I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me; Show me why You contend with me.2I will say to God, Do not condemn me; let me know why you contend against me.
3Does it seem good to You that You should oppress, That You should despise the work of Your hands, And smile on the counsel of the wicked?3Does it seem good to you to oppress, to despise the work of your hands and favor the designs of the wicked?
4Do You have eyes of flesh? Or do You see as man sees?4Have you eyes of flesh? Do you see as man sees?
5Are Your days like the days of a mortal man? Are Your years like the days of a mighty man,5Are your days as the days of man, or your years as a man’s years,
6That You should seek for my iniquity And search out my sin,6that you seek out my iniquity and search for my sin,
7Although You know that I am not wicked, And there is no one who can deliver from Your hand?7although you know that I am not guilty, and there is none to deliver out of your hand?
8‘Your hands have made me and fashioned me, An intricate unity; Yet You would destroy me.8Your hands fashioned and made me, and now you have destroyed me altogether.
9Remember, I pray, that You have made me like clay. And will You turn me into dust again?9Remember that you have made me like clay; and will you return me to the dust?
10Did You not pour me out like milk, And curdle me like cheese,10Did you not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese?
11Clothe 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 sinews.
12You have granted me life and favor, And Your care has preserved my spirit.12You have granted me life and steadfast love, and your care has preserved my spirit.
13‘And these things You have hidden in Your heart; I know that this was with You:13Yet these things you hid in your heart; I know that this was your purpose.
14If I sin, then You mark me, And will not acquit me of my iniquity.14If I sin, you watch me and do not acquit me of my iniquity.
15If I am wicked, woe to me; Even if I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head. I am full of disgrace; See my misery!15If I am guilty, woe to me! If I am in the right, I cannot lift up my head, for I am filled with disgrace and look on my affliction.
16If my head is exalted, You hunt me like a fierce lion, And again You show Yourself awesome against me.16And were my head lifted up, you would hunt me like a lion and again work wonders against me.
17You renew Your witnesses against me, And increase Your indignation toward me; Changes and war are ever with me.17You renew your witnesses against me and increase your vexation toward me; you bring fresh troops against me.
18‘Why then have You brought me out of the womb? Oh, that I had perished and no eye had seen me!18“Why did you bring me out from the womb? Would that I had died before any eye had seen me
19I would have been as though I had not been. I would have been carried from the womb to the grave.19and were as though I had not been, carried from the womb to the grave.
20Are not my days few? Cease! Leave me alone, that I may take a little comfort,20Are not my days few? Then cease, and leave me alone, that I may find a little cheer
21Before I go to the place from which I shall not return, To the land of darkness and the shadow of death,21before I go—and I shall not return— to the land of darkness and deep shadow,
22A land as dark as darkness itself, As the shadow of death, without any order, Where even the light is like darkness.’ ”22the land of gloom like thick darkness, like deep shadow without any order, where light is as thick darkness.”
The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.ESV Text Edition: 2016. The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. The ESV® text has been reproduced in cooperation with and by permission of Good News Publishers. Unauthorized reproduction of this publication is prohibited. All rights reserved.
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