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10:1  “I hate my own life. So I will complain without holding back. And I will speak because I am so unhappy.
10:2  I will say to God: Do not hold me guilty. But tell me what you have against me.
10:3  Does it make you happy to trouble me? Don’t you care about me, the work of your own hands? Are you happy with the plans of evil people?
10:4  Do you have human eyes? Do you see as a man sees?
10:5  Are your days like the days of man? Are your years like the years of a man?
10:6  You look for evil I have done and search for my sin.
10:7  But you know I am not guilty. And you know no one can save me from your power.
10:8  “Your hands shaped me and made me. But now you turn around and destroy me.
10:9  Remember that you molded me like a piece of clay. Now will you turn me back into dust?
10:10  You formed me in my mother’s womb as cheese is formed from milk.
10:11  You put skin and flesh on me like clothing. You sewed me together with bones and muscles.
10:12  You gave me life and showed me kindness. And in your care you watched over my life.
10:13  “But in your heart you hid other plans. I know this is what was in your mind:
10:14  If I sinned, you would be watching me. You would not let my sin go unpunished.
10:15  How terrible it will be for me if I am guilty! But even if I am right, I cannot lift my head. I am full of shame. It is as if I am drowning in my pain.
10:16  If I hold up my head, you hunt me like a lion. And again you show your terrible power against me.
10:17  You bring new witnesses against me. You increase your anger against me. Your armies come against me like waves of the sea.
10:18  “So why did you allow me to be born? I wish I had died before anyone saw me.
10:19  I wish I had never been born. Or I wish I had been carried straight from birth to the grave!
10:20  My few days of life are almost over. Leave me alone so I can have a moment of joy.
10:21  Soon I will leave and not return. I will go to the land of darkness and gloom.
10:22  It is the land of darkest night. It is the land of gloom and confusion. Even the light is darkness there.”