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Job
Despairs of God's Dealings |
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Job 10:1 |
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"I loathe my own life; I will give full vent
to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. |
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Job 10:2 |
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"I will say to God, 'Do not condemn me; Let
me know why You contend with me. |
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Job 10:3 |
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'Is it right for You indeed to oppress, To reject
the labor of Your hands, And to look favorably on the schemes of the wicked? |
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Job 10:4 |
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'Have You eyes of flesh? Or do You see as a
man sees? |
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Job 10:5 |
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'Are Your days as the days of a mortal, Or Your
years as man's years, |
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Job 10:6 |
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That You should seek for my guilt And search
after my sin? |
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Job 10:7 |
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'According to Your knowledge I am indeed not
guilty, Yet there is no deliverance from Your hand. |
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Job 10:8 |
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'Your hands fashioned and made me altogether,
And would You destroy me? |
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Job 10:9 |
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'Remember now, that You have made me as clay;
And would You turn me into dust again? |
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Job 10:10 |
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'Did You not pour me out like milk And curdle
me like cheese; |
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Job 10:11 |
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Clothe me with skin and flesh, And knit me together
with bones and sinews? |
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Job 10:12 |
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'You have granted me life and lovingkindness;
And Your care has preserved my spirit. |
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Job 10:13 |
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'Yet these things You have concealed in Your
heart; I know that this is within You: |
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Job 10:14 |
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If I sin, then You would take note of me, And
would not acquit me of my guilt. |
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Job 10:15 |
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'If I am wicked, woe to me! And if I am righteous,
I dare not lift up my head. I am sated with disgrace and conscious of my misery. |
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Job 10:16 |
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'Should my head be lifted up, You would hunt
me like a lion; And again You would show Your power against me. |
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Job 10:17 |
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'You renew Your witnesses against me And increase
Your anger toward me; Hardship after hardship is with me. |
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Job 10:18 |
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'Why then have You brought me out of the womb?
Would that I had died and no eye had seen me! |
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Job 10:19 |
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'I should have been as though I had not been,
Carried from womb to tomb.' |
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Job 10:20 |
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"Would He not let my few days alone? Withdraw
from me that I may have a little cheer |
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Job 10:21 |
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Before I go--and I shall not return-- To the
land of darkness and deep shadow, |
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Job 10:22 |
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The land of utter gloom as darkness itself,
Of deep shadow without order, And which shines as the darkness." |
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