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Job Continues: A Plea to God
“I loathe my life;
I will give free utterance to my complaint;
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
“I loathe my life;
I will give free utterance to my complaint;
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
“I loathe my very life;
therefore I will give free rein to my complaint
and speak out in the bitterness of my soul.
therefore I will give free rein to my complaint
and speak out in the bitterness of my soul.
I will say to God, Do not condemn me;
let me know why you contend against me.
let me know why you contend against me.
I say to God: Do not declare me guilty,
but tell me what charges you have against me.
but tell me what charges you have against me.
Does it seem good to you to oppress,
to despise the work of your hands
and favor the designs of the wicked?
to despise the work of your hands
and favor the designs of the wicked?
Does it please you to oppress me,
to spurn the work of your hands,
while you smile on the plans of the wicked?
to spurn the work of your hands,
while you smile on the plans of the wicked?
Have you eyes of flesh?
Do you see as man sees?
Do you see as man sees?
Do you have eyes of flesh?
Do you see as a mortal sees?
Do you see as a mortal sees?
Are your days as the days of man,
or your years as a man’s years,
or your years as a man’s years,
Are your days like those of a mortal
or your years like those of a strong man,
or your years like those of a strong man,
that you seek out my iniquity
and search for my sin,
and search for my sin,
that you must search out my faults
and probe after my sin —
and probe after my sin —
although you know that I am not guilty,
and there is none to deliver out of your hand?
and there is none to deliver out of your hand?
though you know that I am not guilty
and that no one can rescue me from your hand?
and that no one can rescue me from your hand?
Your hands fashioned and made me,
and now you have destroyed me altogether.
and now you have destroyed me altogether.
“Your hands shaped me and made me.
Will you now turn and destroy me?
Will you now turn and destroy me?
Remember that you have made me like clay;
and will you return me to the dust?
and will you return me to the dust?
Remember that you molded me like clay.
Will you now turn me to dust again?
Will you now turn me to dust again?
Did you not pour me out like milk
and curdle me like cheese?
and curdle me like cheese?
Did you not pour me out like milk
and curdle me like cheese,
and curdle me like cheese,
You clothed me with skin and flesh,
and knit me together with bones and sinews.
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?
You have granted me life and steadfast love,
and your care has preserved my spirit.
and your care has preserved my spirit.
You gave me life and showed me kindness,
and in your providence watched over my spirit.
and in your providence watched over my spirit.
Yet these things you hid in your heart;
I know that this was your purpose.
I know that this was your purpose.
“But this is what you concealed in your heart,
and I know that this was in your mind:
and I know that this was in your mind:
If I sin, you watch me
and do not acquit me of my iniquity.
and do not acquit me of my iniquity.
If I sinned, you would be watching me
and would not let my offense go unpunished.
and would not let my offense go unpunished.
If I am guilty, woe to me!
If I am in the right, I cannot lift up my head,
for I am filled with disgrace
and look on my affliction.
If I am in the right, I cannot lift up my head,
for I am filled with disgrace
and look on my affliction.
If I hold my head high, you stalk me like a lion
and again display your awesome power against me.
and again display your awesome power against me.
You renew your witnesses against me
and increase your vexation toward me;
you bring fresh troops against me.
and increase your vexation toward me;
you bring fresh troops against me.
You bring new witnesses against me
and increase your anger toward me;
your forces come against me wave upon wave.
and increase your anger toward me;
your forces come against me wave upon wave.
“Why did you bring me out from the womb?
Would that I had died before any eye had seen me
Would that I had died before any eye had seen me
“Why then did you bring me out of the womb?
I wish I had died before any eye saw me.
I wish I had died before any eye saw me.
and were as though I had not been,
carried from the womb to the grave.
carried from the womb to the grave.
If only I had never come into being,
or had been carried straight from the womb to the grave!
or had been carried straight from the womb to the grave!
Are not my days few?
Then cease, and leave me alone, that I may find a little cheer
Then cease, and leave me alone, that I may find a little cheer
Are not my few days almost over?
Turn away from me so I can have a moment’s joy
Turn away from me so I can have a moment’s joy
before I go — and I shall not return —
to the land of darkness and deep shadow,
to the land of darkness and deep shadow,
before I go to the place of no return,
to the land of gloom and utter darkness,
to the land of gloom and utter darkness,