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“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.
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.
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.
I will say unto +God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou strivest with me.
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?
Doth it please thee to oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
Do you have eyes of flesh?
Do you see as a mortal sees?
Do you see as a mortal sees?
Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
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,
Are thy days as the days of a mortal? are thy years as a man's days,
that you must search out my faults
and probe after my sin —
and probe after my sin —
That thou searchest after mine iniquity, and inquirest into my sin;
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?
Since thou knowest that I am not wicked, and that there is none that delivereth out of thy hand?
“Your hands shaped me and made me.
Will you now turn and destroy me?
Will you now turn and destroy me?
Thy hands have bound me together and made me as one, round about; yet dost thou swallow me up!
Remember that you molded me like clay.
Will you now turn me to dust again?
Will you now turn me to dust again?
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as clay, and wilt bring me into dust again.
Did you not pour me out like milk
and curdle me like cheese,
and curdle me like cheese,
Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
clothe me with skin and flesh
and knit me together with bones and sinews?
and knit me together with bones and sinews?
Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews;
You gave me life and showed me kindness,
and in your providence watched over my spirit.
and in your providence watched over my spirit.
Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy care hath preserved my spirit;
“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:
And these things didst thou hide in thy heart; I know that this was with thee.
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 sinned, thou wouldest mark me, and thou wouldest not acquit me of mine iniquity.
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 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.
And it increaseth: thou huntest me as a fierce lion; and ever again thou shewest thy marvellous power upon 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.
Thou renewest thy witnesses before me and increasest thy displeasure against me; successions [of evil] and a time of toil are with 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 wherefore didst thou bring me forth out of the womb? I had expired, and no eye had seen me.
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!
I should be as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
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
Are not my days few? cease then and let me alone, that I may revive a little,
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,
Before I go, and never to return, -- to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;