Job 10 | Strong's Bible

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CHAPTER 10

I loathe

my own

life;

I will express

my complaint

and speak

in the bitterness

of my soul.

I will say

to

God:

‘Do not

condemn me!

Let me know

why

You prosecute me.’

Does it please

You

to oppress me,

to reject

the work

of Your hands,

and favor

the schemes

of the wicked?

Do You have eyes

of flesh?

Do You see

as man

sees?

Are Your days

like those

of a mortal,

or

Your years

like those

of a man,

that

You should seek

my iniquity

and search out

my sin—

though

You know

that

I am not

guilty,

and there is no

deliverance

from Your hand?

Your hands

shaped me

and altogether

formed me.

Will You now turn

and destroy me?

Please

remember

that

You molded

me like clay.

Will You now return

me to

dust?

Did You not

pour me out

like milk,

and curdle

me like cheese?

You clothed

me with skin

and flesh,

and knit me together

with bones

and sinews.

You have granted

me

life

and loving devotion,

and Your care

has preserved

my spirit.

Yet You concealed

these things

in Your heart,

and I know

that

this was

in Your mind:

If

I sinned,

You would take note,

and would not

acquit me

of my iniquity.

If

I am guilty,

woe

to me!

And even if I am righteous,

I cannot

lift

my head.

I am full

of shame

and aware of

my affliction.

Should I hold my head high,

You would hunt me

like a lion,

and again

display Your power

against me.

You produce new

witnesses

against me

and multiply

Your anger

toward me.

Hardships

assault me

in wave after wave.

Why then

did You bring me

from the womb?

Oh, that I had died,

and no

eye

had seen me!

If only

I had never

come

to be,

but had been carried

from the womb

to the grave.

Are my days

not

few?

Withdraw

from me,

that I may have a little comfort,

before

I go—

never

to return—

to

a land

of darkness

and gloom,

to a land

of utter darkness,

of deep shadow

and disorder,

where even the light

is like

darkness.”

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