ABP - Job - 10

10:1  Being weary in my soul, in moaning I will let loose upon myself my sayings; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul, being constrained.

10:2  And I will say to the lord, [3not 2me 4to be impious 1Teach]! and why [3me 1have you so 2judged]?

10:3  Or is it good to you that I should transgress? that I should forbid the works of your hands? [3the counsel 1and 4of the impious 2did you heed]?

10:4  Or as a mortal sees -- do you look? or as [2sees 1a man] -- shall you see?

10:5  Or your existence -- is it mankind? or your years -- a man's?

10:6  For you searched out my lawlessnesses, and [2my sins 1you traced].

10:7  For you know that I did not act impious; but who is the one [2from out of 3your hands 1rescuing]?

10:8  Your hands shaped me and made me; after these things in turning you smote me.

10:9  Remember that [2of clay 1you shaped me], and unto the earth [3me 1again 2you return].

10:10  Or [2not 5as 6milk 4me 1did you 3extract], and curdled me equal to cheese?

10:11  But skin and meat you put on me, and with bones and nerves you entwined me.

10:12  And life and mercy you put upon me, and by your overseeing you guarded my spirit.

10:13  Having these things in yourself, I know that [2all things 1you are able to do]; [3is impossible 1and 4with you 2not one thing].

10:14  For if I should sin, you guard me; but from lawlessness [2not 5innocent 4me 1you have 3appointed].

10:15  For if I should be impious, alas; but if I might be just, I am not able to lift up the head, [3full 1for 4of dishonor 2I am].

10:16  For I am caught as a lion for slaughter; and again in turning [3awfully 2me 1you destroy];

10:17  renewing upon me my chastisement; [4anger 1and 3in great 2you dealt with me], and you brought [2against 3me 1trials].

10:18  Why then in the belly did you lead me out, and I did not die, that an eye [3me 1did not 2see],

10:19  and that [2as if 3one not 4being 1I became]? For why [3from 4the womb 5unto 6the tomb 1was I not 2dismissed]?

10:20  Or [2not 6little 1is 3the 4time 5of my existence]? Allow me to rest a little!

10:21  before my going from where I shall not return, unto a land dark and dim;

10:22  unto a land [2darkness 1of eternal], where there is no brightness, nor seeing the life of mortals.