| King James Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. | 1"I am disgusted with living, so I'm going to talk about my complaint freely. I'll speak out from the bitterness of my soul. |
| 2I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me. | 2I'll say to God, 'Don't condemn me! Let me know why you are fighting 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? | 3Does it delight you to oppress or despise what you have made, while you smile at the plans of the wicked? |
| 4Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth? | 4Do you have eyes made of flesh? Can you look at things as humans do? |
| 5Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days, | 5Can you live only as long as a human being? Or live the years of a mortal man? |
| 6That thou inquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin? | 6"'For you seek out my iniquity and search for my sin. |
| 7Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand. | 7Although you know that I'm not guilty, there's no one to deliver me from you! |
| 8Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me. | 8Your hands formed and fashioned me, but then you have destroyed me all at once on all sides. |
| 9Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again? | 9"'Please remember that you've made me like clay and you'll return me to dust. |
| 10Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese? | 10Didn't you pour me out like milk and let me congeal like cheese? |
| 11Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews. | 11You covered me with skin and flesh, weaving me together with bones and sinews. |
| 12Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit. | 12You gave life and gracious love to me; your providential care has preserved my spirit. |
| 13And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee. | 13But you've hidden these things in your heart— I know this was your purpose: |
| 14If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity. | 14If I sin, you watch me and won't acquit me for my iniquity. |
| 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; | 15"'Woe to me if I'm guilty! If I'm innocent, I cannot lift my head, because I am filled with disgrace. Look at my affliction! |
| 16For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me. | 16But if I do lift up my head, you will hunt me like a lion! You will perform miracles in order to fight against me. |
| 17Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me. | 17"'You have brought new witnesses against me, you're even more angry with me— you've brought fresh troops to attack me! |
| 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! | 18So why did you bring me out from the womb? I wish I had died, before anyone had seen me, |
| 19I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave. | 19as if I had never existed; 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, | 20My days are so few, aren't they? So leave me alone, then, so 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, never to return, leaving for the land of deep darkness and shadow. |
| 22A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness. | 22It's a gloomy land, like deepest darkness; where there's no order, and where even the brightness is like darkness.'" |
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