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10:1  I am sick of life! And from my deep despair, I complain to you, my God.
10:2  Don't just condemn me! Point out my sin.
10:3  Why do you take such delight in destroying those you created and in smiling on sinners?
10:4  Do you look at things the way we humans do?
10:5  Is your life as short as ours?
10:6  Is that why you are so quick to find fault with me?
10:7  You know I am innocent, but who can defend me against you?
10:8  Will you now destroy someone you created?
10:9  Remember that you molded me like a piece of clay. So don't turn me back into dust once again.
10:10  As cheese is made from milk, you created my body from a tiny drop.
10:11  Then you tied my bones together with muscles and covered them with flesh and skin.
10:12  You, the source of my life, showered me with kindness and watched over me.
10:13  You have not explained all of your mysteries,
10:14  but you catch and punish me each time I sin.
10:15  Guilty or innocent, I am condemned and ashamed because of my troubles.
10:16  No matter how hard I try, you keep hunting me down like a powerful lion.
10:17  You never stop accusing me; you become furious and attack over and over again.
10:18  Why did you let me be born? I would rather have died before birth
10:19  and been carried to the grave without ever breathing.
10:20  I have only a few days left. Why don't you leave me alone? Let me find some relief, *
10:21  before I travel to the land
10:22  of darkness and despair, the place of no return.