| King James Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. | 1I am disgusted with my life. I will express my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul. |
| 2I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me. | 2I will say to God: "Do not declare me guilty! Let me know why You prosecute me. |
| 3Is 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? | 3Is it good for You to oppress, to reject the work of Your hands, and favor the plans of the wicked? |
| 4Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth? | 4Do You have eyes of flesh, or do You see as a human sees? |
| 5Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days, | 5Are Your days like those of a human, or Your years like those of a man, |
| 6That thou inquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin? | 6that You look for my wrongdoing and search for my sin, |
| 7Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand. | 7even though You know that I am not wicked and that there is no one who can deliver from Your hand? |
| 8Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me. | 8"Your hands shaped me and formed me. Will You now turn and destroy me? |
| 9Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again? | 9Please remember that You formed me like clay. Will You now return me to dust? |
| 10Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese? | 10Did You not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese? |
| 11Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews. | 11You clothed me with skin and flesh, and wove me together with bones and tendons. |
| 12Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit. | 12You gave me life and faithful love, and Your care has guarded my life. |
| 13And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee. | 13"Yet You concealed these thoughts in Your heart; I know that this was Your hidden plan: |
| 14If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity. | 14if I sin, You would notice, and would not acquit me of my wrongdoing. |
| 15If 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; | 15If I am wicked, woe to me! And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head. I am filled with shame and aware of my affliction. |
| 16For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me. | 16If I am proud, You hunt me like a lion and again display Your miraculous power against me. |
| 17Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me. | 17You produce new witnesses against me and multiply Your anger toward me. Hardships assault me, wave after wave. |
| 18Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me! | 18"Why did You bring me out of the womb? I should have died and never been seen. |
| 19I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave. | 19I wish I had never existed but had been carried from the womb to the grave. |
| 20Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, | 20Are my days not few? Stop it! Leave me alone, so that I can smile a little |
| 21Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; | 21before I go to a land of darkness and gloom, never to return. |
| 22A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness. | 22It is a land of blackness like the deepest darkness, gloomy and chaotic, where even the light is like the darkness." |
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