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10:1  “I loathe my own life; I will give full vent to my complaint; I will speak out of the bitterness of my soul.
10:2  I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me; tell me why You contend with me.’
10:3  Is it good for You to oppress, to despise the work of Your hands, while You smile on the plans of the wicked?
10:4  Do You have eyes of flesh? Do You see as a human being sees?
10:5  Are Your days like those of a mortal, or Your years like those of a strong man,
10:6  that You should seek out my iniquity and search out my sin,
10:7  though You know that I am not guilty, yet there is no one to deliver from Your hand?
10:8  “Your hands molded and fashioned me, will You now destroy me completely?
10:9  Remember You fashioned me like clay; will You return me to dust?
10:10  Did You not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese,
10:11  clothe me with skin and flesh and knit me together with bones and sinews?
10:12  You gave me life and steadfast love, and Your care has preserved my spirit.
10:13  “Yet these things You have hid in Your heart, for I know that this is with You.
10:14  If I sinned, You would watch me, and not acquit me of my iniquity.
10:15  If I am guilty, woe to me! Even if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head. I am full of shame and conscious of my affliction.
10:16  If my head is held high, You hunt me like a lion, and again work wonders against me.
10:17  You renew Your witnesses against me, and increase Your anger toward me, change and warfare are with me.
10:18  “Why then did You bring me out from the womb? I should have died so no eye would have seen me.
10:19  If only I had never come into being, or been carried from womb to grave.
10:20  Are not my days few? Then stop, leave me alone so I might have a little joy,
10:21  before I depart, and never return, to the land of darkness and the shadow of death,
10:22  the land of utter darkness, like the deepest darkness and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”