Job 10

Job Despairs of God’s Dealings

1 ^{▼▼ Lit My soul loathes
,} ^b“I loathe my own life;
I will give full vent to ^cmy complaint;
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
2 “I will say to God, ‘ ^dDo not condemn me;
Let me know why You contend with me.
3 ‘Is it ^{▼▼ Lit good}right for You indeed to ^foppress,
To reject ^gthe labor of Your hands,
And ^{▼▼ Lit You shine forth}to look favorably on ⁱthe schemes of the wicked?
4 ‘Have You eyes of flesh?
Or do You ^jsee as a man sees?
5 ‘Are Your days as the days of a mortal,
Or ^kYour years as man’s years,
6 That ^lYou should seek for my guilt
And search after my sin?
7 ‘According to Your knowledge ^mI am indeed not guilty,
Yet there is ⁿno deliverance from Your hand.

8 ‘ ^oYour hands fashioned and made me ^{▼▼ Lit together round about}altogether,
^qAnd would You destroy me?
9 ‘Remember now, that You have made me as ^rclay;
And would You ^sturn me into dust again?
10 ‘Did You not pour me out like milk
And curdle me like cheese;
11 Clothe me with skin and flesh,
And knit me together with bones and sinews?
12 ‘You have ^tgranted me life and lovingkindness;
And Your care has preserved my spirit.
13 ‘Yet ^uthese things You have concealed in Your heart;
I know that this is within You:
14 If I sin, then You would ^vtake note of me,
And ^wwould not acquit me of my guilt.
15 ‘If ^xI am wicked, woe to me!
And ^yif I am righteous, I dare not lift up my head.
I am sated with disgrace and ^{▼▼ Lit see}conscious of my misery.
16 ‘Should my head be lifted up, ^aaYou would hunt me like a lion;
And again You would show Your ^abpower against me.
17 ‘You renew ^acYour witnesses against me
And increase Your anger toward me;
^{▼▼ Lit Changes and warfare are with me
,} ^aeHardship after hardship is with me.

18 ‘ ^afWhy then have You brought me out of the womb?
Would that I had died and no eye had seen me!
19 ‘I should have been as though I had not been,
Carried from womb to tomb.’
20 “Would He not let ^agmy few days alone?
^{▼▼ Lit Put
,} ^aiWithdraw from me that I may have a little cheer
21 Before I go— ^ajand I shall not return—
^akTo the land of darkness and ^aldeep shadow,
22 The land of utter gloom as darkness itself,
Of deep shadow without order,
And which shines as the darkness.”