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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 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 will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me;
Show me why You contend with me.
Show me why You contend with 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 seem good to You that You should oppress,
That You should despise the work of Your hands,
And smile on the counsel of the wicked?
That You should despise the work of Your hands,
And smile on the counsel 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?
Or do You see as man sees?
Or do You see as man 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 the days of a mortal man?
Are Your years like the days of a mighty man,
Are Your years like the days of a mighty man,
that you seek out my iniquity
and search for my sin,
and search for my sin,
That You should seek for my iniquity
And search out my sin,
And search out 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?
Although You know that I am not wicked,
And there is no one who can deliver from Your hand?
And there is no one who can deliver 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 have made me and fashioned me,
An intricate unity;
Yet You would destroy me.
An intricate unity;
Yet You would 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, I pray, that You have made me like clay.
And will You turn me into dust again?
And will You turn me into 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 have granted me life and favor,
And Your care has preserved my spirit.
And Your care has preserved my spirit.
Yet these things you hid in your heart;
I know that this was your purpose.
I know that this was your purpose.
‘And these things You have hidden in Your heart;
I know that this was with You:
I know that this was with You:
If I sin, you watch me
and do not acquit me of my iniquity.
and do not acquit me of my iniquity.
If I sin, then You mark me,
And will not acquit me of my iniquity.
And will not acquit me of my iniquity.
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 my head is exalted,
You hunt me like a fierce lion,
And again You show Yourself awesome against me.
You hunt me like a fierce lion,
And again You show Yourself awesome 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 renew Your witnesses against me,
And increase Your indignation toward me;
Changes and war are ever with me.
And increase Your indignation toward me;
Changes and war are ever with me.
“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 have You brought me out of the womb?
Oh, that I had perished and no eye had seen me!
Oh, that I had perished and no eye had seen me!
and were as though I had not been,
carried from the womb to the grave.
carried from the womb to the grave.
I would have been as though I had not been.
I would have been carried from the womb to the grave.
I would have been carried 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 days few?
Cease! Leave me alone, that I may take a little comfort,
Cease! Leave me alone, that I may take a little comfort,
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 from which I shall not return,
To the land of darkness and the shadow of death,
To the land of darkness and the shadow of death,