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Job's Plea to God
My soul is weary of my life: I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
My soul is weary of my life: I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Job Despairs of God’s Dealings
“I loathe my own life;
I will give full vent to my complaint;
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
“I loathe my own life;
I will give full vent to my complaint;
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
I will say unto +God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou strivest with me.
“I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me;
Let me know why You contend with me.
Let me know why You contend with me.
Doth it please thee to oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
‘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?
To reject the labor of Your hands,
And to look favorably on the schemes of the wicked?
Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
‘Have You eyes of flesh?
Or do You see as a man sees?
Or do You see as a man sees?
Are thy days as the days of a mortal? are thy years as a man's days,
‘Are Your days as the days of a mortal,
Or Your years as man’s years,
Or Your years as man’s years,
That thou searchest after mine iniquity, and inquirest into my sin;
That You should seek for my guilt
And search after my sin?
And search after my sin?
Since thou knowest that I am not wicked, and that there is none that delivereth out of thy hand?
‘According to Your knowledge I am indeed not guilty,
Yet there is no deliverance from Your hand.
Yet there is no deliverance from Your hand.
Thy hands have bound me together and made me as one, round about; yet dost thou swallow me up!
‘Your hands fashioned and made me altogether,
And would You destroy me?
And would You destroy me?
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as clay, and wilt bring me into dust again.
‘Remember now, that You have made me as clay;
And would You turn me into dust again?
And would You turn me into dust again?
Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
‘Did You not pour me out like milk
And curdle me like cheese;
And curdle me like cheese;
Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews;
Clothe me with skin and flesh,
And knit me together with bones and sinews?
And knit me together with bones and sinews?
Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy care hath preserved my spirit;
‘You have granted me life and lovingkindness;
And Your care has preserved my spirit.
And Your care has preserved my spirit.
And these things didst thou hide in thy heart; I know that this was with thee.
‘Yet these things You have concealed in Your heart;
I know that this is within You:
I know that this is within You:
If I sinned, thou wouldest mark me, and thou wouldest not acquit me of mine iniquity.
If I sin, then You would take note of me,
And would not acquit me of my guilt.
And would not acquit me of my guilt.
If I were wicked, woe unto me! and righteous, I will not lift up my head, being [so] full of shame, and beholding mine affliction; --
‘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.
And if I am righteous, I dare not lift up my head.
I am sated with disgrace and conscious of my misery.
And it increaseth: thou huntest me as a fierce lion; and ever again thou shewest thy marvellous power upon me.
‘Should my head be lifted up, You would hunt me like a lion;
And again You would show Your power against me.
And again You would show Your power against me.
Thou renewest thy witnesses before me and increasest thy displeasure against me; successions [of evil] and a time of toil are with me.
‘You renew Your witnesses against me
And increase Your anger toward me;
Hardship after hardship is with me.
And increase Your anger toward me;
Hardship after hardship is with me.
And wherefore didst thou bring me forth out of the womb? I had expired, and no eye had seen me.
‘Why then have You brought me out of the womb?
Would that I had died and no eye had seen me!
Would that I had died and no eye had seen me!
I should be as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
‘I should have been as though I had not been,
Carried from womb to tomb.’
Carried from womb to tomb.’
Are not my days few? cease then and let me alone, that I may revive a little,
“Would He not let my few days alone?
Withdraw from me that I may have a little cheer
Withdraw from me that I may have a little cheer
Before I go, and never to return, -- to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
Before I go — and I shall not return —
To the land of darkness and deep shadow,
To the land of darkness and deep shadow,