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Job's Plea to God
My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
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 unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
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.
Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
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?
Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
Have you eyes of flesh?
Do you see as man sees?
Do you see as man sees?
Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days,
Are your days as the days of man,
or your years as a man’s years,
or your years as a man’s years,
That thou inquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?
that you seek out my iniquity
and search for my sin,
and search for my sin,
Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.
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?
Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
Your hands fashioned and made me,
and now you have destroyed me altogether.
and now you have destroyed me altogether.
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
Remember that you have made me like clay;
and will you return me to the dust?
and will you return me to the dust?
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 hast fenced me with bones and sinews.
You clothed 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 visitation hath preserved my spirit.
You have granted me life and steadfast love,
and your care has preserved my spirit.
and your care has preserved my spirit.
And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee.
Yet these things you hid in your heart;
I know that this was your purpose.
I know that this was your purpose.
If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
If I sin, you watch me
and do not acquit me of my iniquity.
and do not acquit me of my iniquity.
If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;
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.
For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.
Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are 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.
Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen 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
I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
and were as though I had not been,
carried from the womb to the grave.
carried from the womb to the grave.
Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
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
Before I go whence I shall not return, even 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,