[1]
My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. weary...: or, cut off while I live
[2]
I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
[3]
Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked? work: Heb. labour
[4]
Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
[5]
Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days,
[6]
That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?
[7]
Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand. Thou...: Heb. It is upon thy knowledge
[8]
Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me. have...: Heb. took pains about me
[9]
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
[10]
Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
[11]
Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews. fenced: Heb. hedged
[12]
Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.
[13]
And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee.
[14]
If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
[15]
If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;
[16]
For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.
[17]
Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me. witnesses: that is, plagues
[18]
Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!
[19]
I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
[20]
Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
[21]
Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
[22]
A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

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