LEB - Job - 10

10:1  “My inner self loathes my life; ⌞I want to give vent to my complaint⌟; I want to speak out of the bitterness of my inner self.

10:2  I will say to God, ‘You should not condemn me; let me know why you contend against me.

10:3  Is it good for you that you oppress, that you despise the labor of your hands, and you smile over the schemes of the wicked?

10:4  ⌞Do you have eyes of flesh⌟? Or ⌞do you see as human beings see⌟?

10:5  Are your days as the days of human beings, or your years as the days of man,

10:6  that you seek out my iniquity, and you search for my sin

10:7  because of your knowledge that I am not guilty, and there is no escaping from your hand?

10:8  Your hands fashioned me and made me ⌞altogether⌟, then you destroyed me.

10:9  Please remember that you made me like clay, but you turn me into dust again?

10:10  Did you not pour me out like milk and ⌞curdle me⌟ like cheese?

10:11  You clothed me with skin and flesh, and you knit me together with bones and sinews.

10:12  You have granted me life and loyal love, and your care has preserved my spirit.

10:13  “ ‘Yet you hid these things in your heart; I know that this ⌞was your purpose⌟.

10:14  If I had sinned, then you would be watching me, and you would not acquit me of my guilt.

10:15  If I am guilty, woe to me! But if I am righteous, I dare not lift my head; I am filled with shame, and just look at my misery!

10:16  And if my head grows bold, you would hunt me as the lion in its prime; ⌞and you repeat your exploits against me⌟.

10:17  You renew your witnesses against me, and you increase your vexation against me; ⌞relief forces⌟ are against me.

10:18  So why did you bring me forth from the womb? I should have passed away, ⌞and no eye should have seen me⌟.

10:19  I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been brought from the womb to the grave.

10:20  Are not my days few? Let him leave me alone; let him turn from me, and let me rejoice a little.

10:21  Before I go—and I will not return— to the land of darkness and deep shadow,

10:22  to the land of darkness, like the darkness of a deep shadow and ⌞chaos⌟, so that it shines forth like darkness.’ ”