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10:1  “I hate my own life, so I will complain freely. I am very bitter, so now I will speak.
10:2  I will say to God, ‘Don’t just say I am guilty! Tell me what you have against me.
10:3  Do you enjoy hurting me? Do you enjoy ignoring me while smiling at what evil people say?
10:4  Do you have human eyes? Do you see things the way people do?
10:5  Is your life as short as ours? Is your life as short as a man’s life?
10:6  You look for my wrong and search for my sin.
10:7  You know I am innocent, but no one can save me from your power!
10:8  Your hands made me and shaped my body. But now they are closing around me and squeezing me to death!
10:9  Remember, you molded me like clay. Will you turn me into clay again?
10:10  You poured me out like milk. You spun me around and squeezed me like someone making cheese.
10:11  You put me together with bones and muscles, and then you clothed me with skin and flesh.
10:12  You gave me life and were very kind to me. You cared for me and watched over my spirit.
10:13  But this is what you hid in your heart. Now I know what you were planning for me.
10:14  If I sinned, you would be watching me so that you could punish me for doing wrong.
10:15  If I sin, I am guilty and should be cursed. But even when I am innocent, I cannot lift up my head. I am so ashamed because of all the troubles I have.
10:16  If I have any success and feel proud, you hunt me down like a lion and show your power over me.
10:17  You bring witness after witness to prove that I am wrong. Again and again you show your anger as you send army after army against me.
10:18  So why did you let me be born? I wish I had died before anyone saw me.
10:19  I wish I had never lived. I wish they had carried me from my mother’s womb straight to the grave.
10:20  My life is almost finished. So leave me alone! Let me enjoy the little time I have left.
10:21  I am going soon to the land of no return, the place of death and darkness—
10:22  that land of darkest night, of shadows and confusion, where even the light is darkness.’”