Job 10

10My soul ^ais ^||weary of my life;

I will leave my complaint ^bupon myself;

I will speak ^cin the bitterness of my soul.

²I will say unto God, Do not ^dcondemn me;

Shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.

^3eIs it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress,

That thou shouldest ^fdespise ^†the work of thine hands,

And shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

^4gHast thou eyes of flesh?

Or ^hseest thou as ⁱman seeth?

⁵Are thy days as the days of ⁱman?

Are thy years as man’s days,

⁶That thou inquirest after mine iniquity,

And searchest after my sin?

^7†Thou knowest that I am not wicked;

And there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.

^8kThine hands ^†have made me and fashioned me

^lTogether round about; yet thou dost destroy me.

⁹Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as ^mthe clay;

And ⁿwilt thou bring me into dust again?

¹⁰Hast thou not ^opoured me out as milk,

And curdled me like cheese?

¹¹Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh,

And hast ^†fenced me with bones and sinews.

¹²Thou hast granted me life and favour,

And thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.

¹³And these things hast thou hid in thine heart:

I know that ^pthis is with thee.

¹⁴If I sin, then thou ^qmarkest me,

And ^rthou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.

^15sIf I be wicked, woe unto me;

And ^tif I be righteous, yet will I not ^ulift up my head.

I am full of confusion; therefore ^xsee thou mine affliction;

¹⁶For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as ^ya fierce lion:

And again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.

¹⁷Thou renewest ^||thy witnesses against me,

And increasest thine indignation upon me;

^zChanges and war are against me.

^18aWherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb?

Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!

^19bI should have been as though I had not been;

I ^cshould have been carried from the womb to the grave.

^20dAre not my days few? ^ecease then,

And let me alone, that I may ^ftake comfort a little,

^21gBefore I go whence I shall not return,

Even to the land of ^hdarkness and ⁱthe shadow of death;

²²A land of ^kdarkness, as ^ldarkness itself;

And of ⁱthe shadow of death, without any order,

And where the light is as ^ldarkness.