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Job Frames His Plea to God
“I am disgusted with my life.
Let me complain freely.
My bitter soul must complain.
“I am disgusted with my life.
Let me complain freely.
My bitter soul must complain.
I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me;
Show me why You contend with me.
Show me why You contend with me.
I will say to God, ‘Don’t simply condemn me —
tell me the charge you are bringing against me.
tell me the charge you are bringing against me.
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?
What do you gain by oppressing me?
Why do you reject me, the work of your own hands,
while smiling on the schemes of the wicked?
Why do you reject me, the work of your own hands,
while smiling on the schemes of the wicked?
Do You have eyes of flesh?
Or do You see as man sees?
Or do You see as man sees?
Are your eyes like those of a human?
Do you see things only as people see them?
Do you see things only as people see them?
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,
Is your lifetime only as long as ours?
Is your life so short
Is your life so short
That You should seek for my iniquity
And search out my sin,
And search out my sin,
that you must quickly probe for my guilt
and search for my sin?
and search for my sin?
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?
Although you know I am not guilty,
no one can rescue me from your hands.
no one can rescue me from your hands.
‘Your hands have made me and fashioned me,
An intricate unity;
Yet You would destroy me.
An intricate unity;
Yet You would destroy me.
“‘You formed me with your hands; you made me,
yet now you completely destroy me.
yet now you completely destroy me.
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?
Remember that you made me from dust —
will you turn me back to dust so soon?
will you turn me back to dust so soon?
Did You not pour me out like milk,
And curdle me like cheese,
And curdle 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?
You clothed me with skin and flesh,
and you knit my bones and sinews together.
and you knit my bones and sinews together.
You have granted me life and favor,
And Your care has preserved my spirit.
And Your care has preserved my spirit.
You gave me life and showed me your unfailing love.
My life was preserved by your care.
My life was preserved by your care.
‘And these things You have hidden in Your heart;
I know that this was with You:
I know that this was with You:
“‘Yet your real motive —
your true intent —
your true intent —
If I sin, then You mark me,
And will not acquit me of my iniquity.
And will not acquit me of my iniquity.
was to watch me, and if I sinned,
you would not forgive my guilt.
you would not forgive my guilt.
If I am guilty, too bad for me;
and even if I’m innocent, I can’t hold my head high,
because I am filled with shame and misery.
and even if I’m innocent, I can’t hold my head high,
because I am filled with shame and misery.
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.
And if I hold my head high, you hunt me like a lion
and display your awesome power against me.
and display your awesome power 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.
Again and again you witness against me.
You pour out your growing anger on me
and bring fresh armies against me.
You pour out your growing anger on me
and bring fresh armies against 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!
“‘Why, then, did you deliver me from my mother’s womb?
Why didn’t you let me die at birth?
Why didn’t you let me die at birth?
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.
It would be as though I had never existed,
going directly from the womb to the grave.
going directly from the womb to the grave.
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,
I have only a few days left, so leave me alone,
that I may have a moment of comfort
that I may have a moment of comfort
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,
before I leave — never to return —
for the land of darkness and utter gloom.
for the land of darkness and utter gloom.