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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.
Job Despairs of God’s Dealings
“I loathe my own life;
I will give full vent to my complaint;
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
“I loathe my own life;
I will give full vent to my complaint;
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
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.
“I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me;
Let me know why You contend with me.
Let me know why You contend with me.
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?
‘Is it right for You indeed to oppress,
To reject the labor of Your hands,
And to look favorably on the schemes of the wicked?
To reject the labor of Your hands,
And to look favorably on the schemes of the wicked?
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?
‘Have You eyes of flesh?
Or do You see as a man sees?
Or do You see as a man sees?
Is your lifetime only as long as ours?
Is your life so short
Is your life so short
‘Are Your days as the days of a mortal,
Or Your years as man’s years,
Or Your years as man’s years,
that you must quickly probe for my guilt
and search for my sin?
and search for my sin?
That You should seek for my guilt
And search after my sin?
And search after my sin?
Although you know I am not guilty,
no one can rescue me from your hands.
no one can rescue me from your hands.
‘According to Your knowledge I am indeed not guilty,
Yet there is no deliverance from Your hand.
Yet there is no deliverance from Your hand.
“‘You formed me with your hands; you made me,
yet now you completely destroy me.
yet now you completely destroy me.
‘Your hands fashioned and made me altogether,
And would You destroy me?
And would You destroy me?
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?
‘Remember now, that You have made me as clay;
And would You turn me into dust again?
And would You turn me into dust again?
‘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 you knit my bones and sinews together.
and you knit my bones and sinews together.
Clothe me with skin and flesh,
And knit me together with bones and sinews?
And knit me together with bones and sinews?
You gave me life and showed me your unfailing love.
My life was preserved by your care.
My life was preserved by your care.
‘You have granted me life and lovingkindness;
And Your care has preserved my spirit.
And Your care has preserved my spirit.
“‘Yet your real motive —
your true intent —
your true intent —
‘Yet these things You have concealed in Your heart;
I know that this is within You:
I know that this is within You:
was to watch me, and if I sinned,
you would not forgive my guilt.
you would not forgive my guilt.
If I sin, then You would take note of me,
And would not acquit me of my guilt.
And would not acquit me of 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 I am wicked, woe to me!
And if I am righteous, I dare not lift up my head.
I am sated with disgrace and conscious of my misery.
And if I am righteous, I dare not lift up my head.
I am sated with disgrace and conscious of my misery.
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.
‘Should my head be lifted up, You would hunt me like a lion;
And again You would show Your power against me.
And again You would show Your power against 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.
‘You renew Your witnesses against me
And increase Your anger toward me;
Hardship after hardship is with me.
And increase Your anger toward me;
Hardship after hardship is with 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?
‘Why then have You brought me out of the womb?
Would that I had died and no eye had seen me!
Would that I had died and no eye had seen me!
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.
‘I should have been as though I had not been,
Carried from womb to tomb.’
Carried from womb to tomb.’
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
“Would He not let my few days alone?
Withdraw from me that I may have a little cheer
Withdraw from me that I may have a little cheer
before I leave — never to return —
for the land of darkness and utter gloom.
for the land of darkness and utter gloom.
Before I go — and I shall not return —
To the land of darkness and deep shadow,
To the land of darkness and deep shadow,