Job 10
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1“My soul loathes my life; I will give free course to my complaint, I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.1I am disgusted with my life. I will give vent to my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul.
2I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me; Show me why You contend with me.2I will say to God, "Do not declare me guilty! Let me know why you prosecute me.
3Does it seem good to You that You should oppress, That You should despise the work of Your hands, And smile on 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?
4Do You have eyes of flesh? Or do You see as man sees?4Do you have eyes of flesh, or do you see as a human sees?
5Are Your days like the days of a mortal man? Are Your years like the days of a mighty man,5Are your days like those of a human, or your years like those of a man,
6That You should seek for my iniquity And search out my sin,6that you look for my iniquity and search for my sin,
7Although You know that I am not wicked, And there is no one who can deliver from Your hand?7even though you know that I am not wicked and that there is no one who can rescue from your power?
8‘Your hands have made me and fashioned me, An intricate unity; Yet You would destroy me.8"Your hands shaped me and formed me. Will you now turn and destroy me?
9Remember, I pray, that You have made me like clay. And will You turn me into dust again?9Please remember that you formed me like clay. Will you now return me to dust?
10Did You not pour me out like milk, And curdle me like cheese,10Did you not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese?
11Clothe me with skin and flesh, And knit me together with bones and sinews?11You clothed me with skin and flesh, and wove me together with bones and tendons.
12You have granted me life and favor, And Your care has preserved my spirit.12You gave me life and faithful love, and your care has guarded my life.
13‘And these things You have hidden in Your heart; I know that this was with You:13"Yet you concealed these thoughts in your heart; I know that this was your hidden plan:
14If I sin, then You mark me, And will not acquit me of my iniquity.14if I sin, you would notice, and would not acquit me of my iniquity.
15If I am wicked, woe to me; Even if I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head. I am full of disgrace; See my misery!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 have drunk deeply of my affliction.
16If my head is exalted, You hunt me like a fierce lion, And again You show Yourself awesome against me.16If I am proud, you hunt me like a lion and again display your miraculous power against me.
17You renew Your witnesses against me, And increase Your indignation toward me; Changes and war are ever with me.17You produce new witnesses against me and multiply your anger toward me. Hardships assault me, wave after wave.
18‘Why then have You brought me out of the womb? Oh, that I had perished 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 would have been as though I had not been. I would 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! Leave me alone, that I may take a little comfort,20Are my days not few? Stop it! Leave me alone, so that I can smile a little
21Before I go to the place from which I shall not return, 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 as dark as darkness itself, As the shadow of death, without any order, Where even the light is like darkness.’ ”22It is a land of blackness like the deepest darkness, gloomy and chaotic, where even the light is like the darkness."
The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission.
Job 9
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