Job 10

10I am disgusted with my life. ^r

I will express my complaint

and speak in the bitterness of my soul.

²I will say to God:

“Do not declare me guilty!

Let me know why You prosecute me.

³Is it good for You to oppress,

to reject the work of Your hands, ^s

and favor ^tthe plans of the wicked? ^u

⁴Do You have eyes of flesh,

or do You see as a human sees?

⁵Are Your days like those of a human,

or Your years like those of a man, ^v

⁶that You look for my wrongdoing ^w

and search for my sin,

⁷even though You know that I am not wicked

and that there is no one who can deliver from Your hand? ^x

⁸“Your hands shaped me and formed me. ^y

Will You now turn and destroy me?

⁹Please remember that You formed me like clay.

Will You now return me to dust? ^z

¹⁰Did You not pour me out like milk

and curdle me like cheese?

¹¹You clothed me with skin and flesh,

and wove me together with bones and tendons. ^a

¹²You gave me life and faithful love,

and Your care has guarded my life.

¹³“Yet You concealed these thoughts in Your heart;

I know that this was Your hidden plan: ^b

¹⁴if I sin, You would notice, ^c

and would not acquit me of my wrongdoing. ^d

¹⁵If I am wicked, woe to me!

And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head.

I am filled with shame ^e

and aware of my affliction. ^f

¹⁶If I am proud, ^gYou hunt me like a lion

and again display Your miraculous power against me. ^h

¹⁷You produce new witnesses ⁱagainst me

and multiply Your anger toward me.

Hardships assault me, wave after wave. ^j

¹⁸“Why did You bring me out of the womb? ^k

I should have died and never been seen.

¹⁹I wish ^lI had never existed

but had been carried from the womb to the grave. ^m

²⁰Are my days not few? Stop it! ⁿ

Leave me alone, so that I can smile a little

²¹before I go to a land of darkness and gloom, ^o

never to return.

²²It is a land of blackness like the deepest darkness,

gloomy and chaotic,

where even the light is like ^pthe darkness.”