“1 My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself;
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. 2 I will say unto God, Do not
condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me. 3 [Is it] good
unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the
work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked? 4 Hast
thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth? 5 [Are] thy days as the
days of man? [are] thy years as man’s days, 6 That thou enquirest after
mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin? 7 Thou knowest that I am not
wicked; and [there is] none that can deliver out of thine hand.”
“8 Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet
thou dost destroy me. 9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me
as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again? 10 Hast thou not
poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese? 11 Thou hast clothed
me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews. 12
Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved
my spirit. 13 And these [things] hast thou hid in thine heart: I know
that this [is] with thee.”
“14 If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from
mine iniquity. 15 If I be wicked, woe unto me; and [if] I be righteous,
[yet] will I not lift up my head. [I am] full of confusion; therefore
see thou mine affliction; 16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a
fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me. 17 Thou
renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon
me; changes and war [are] against me. 18 Wherefore then hast thou
brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and
no eye had seen me! 19 I should have been as though I had not been; I
should have been carried from the womb to the grave. 20 [Are] not my
days few? cease [then, and] let me alone, that I may take comfort a
little, 21 Before I go [whence] I shall not return, [even] to the land
of darkness and the shadow of death; 22 A land of darkness, as darkness
[itself; and] of the shadow of death, without any order, and [where] the
light [is] as darkness.” (Job 10:1-22 AV)
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