| New King James Version | King James Bible |
| 1“My soul loathes my life; I will give free course to my complaint, I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. | 1My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will 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 unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with 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 unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked? |
| 4Do You have eyes of flesh? Or do You see as man sees? | 4Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth? |
| 5Are Your days like the days of a mortal man? Are Your years like the days of a mighty man, | 5Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days, |
| 6That You should seek for my iniquity And search out my sin, | 6That thou inquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin? |
| 7Although You know that I am not wicked, And there is no one who can deliver from Your hand? | 7Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand. |
| 8‘Your hands have made me and fashioned me, An intricate unity; Yet You would destroy me. | 8Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me. |
| 9Remember, I pray, that You have made me like clay. And will You turn me into dust again? | 9Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again? |
| 10Did You not pour me out like milk, And curdle me like cheese, | 10Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese? |
| 11Clothe me with skin and flesh, And knit me together with bones and sinews? | 11Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews. |
| 12You have granted me life and favor, And Your care has preserved my spirit. | 12Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit. |
| 13‘And these things You have hidden in Your heart; I know that this was with You: | 13And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee. |
| 14If I sin, then You mark me, And will not acquit me of my iniquity. | 14If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine 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 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; |
| 16If my head is exalted, You hunt me like a fierce lion, And again You show Yourself awesome against me. | 16For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me. |
| 17You renew Your witnesses against me, And increase Your indignation toward me; Changes and war are ever with me. | 17Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me. |
| 18‘Why then have You brought me out of the womb? Oh, that I had perished and no eye had seen 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! |
| 19I would have been as though I had not been. I would have been carried from the womb to the grave. | 19I should have been as though I had not been; I should have 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 not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort 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 whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; |
| 22A land as dark as darkness itself, As the shadow of death, without any order, Where even the light is like darkness.’ ” | 22A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness. |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com. |
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