10:1 My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
10:1 "My soul loathes my life; I will give free course to my complaint, I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
10:2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
10:2 I will say to God, 'Do not condemn me; Show me why You contend with me.
10:3 [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?
10:3 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?
10:4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
10:4 Do You have eyes of flesh? Or do You see as man sees?
10:5 [Are] thy days as the days of man? [are] thy years as man's days,
10:5 Are Your days like the days of a mortal man? Are Your years like the days of a mighty man,
10:6 That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?
10:6 That You should seek for my iniquity And search out my sin,
10:7 Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and [there is] none that can deliver out of thine hand.
10:7 Although You know that I am not wicked, And there is no one who can deliver from Your hand?
10:8 Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
10:8 'Your hands have made me and fashioned me, An intricate unity; Yet You would destroy me.
10:9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
10:9 Remember, I pray, that You have made me like clay. And will You turn me into dust again?
10:10 Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
10:10 Did you not pour me out like milk, And curdle me like cheese,
10:11 Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.
10:11 Clothe me with skin and flesh, And knit me together with bones and sinews?
10:12 Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.
10:12 You have granted me life and favor, And Your care has preserved my spirit.
10:13 And these [things] hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this [is] with thee.
10:13 'And these things You have hidden in Your heart; I know that this was with You:
10:14 If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
10:14 If I sin, then You mark me, And will not acquit me of my iniquity.
10:15 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;
10:15 If I am wicked, woe to me; Even if I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head. I am full of disgrace; See my misery!
10:16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.
10:16 If my head is exalted, You hunt me like a fierce lion, And again You show Yourself awesome against me.
10:17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war [are] against me.
10:17 You renew Your witnesses against me, And increase Your indignation toward me; Changes and war are ever with me.
10:18 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!
10:18 'Why then have You brought me out of the womb? Oh, that I had perished and no eye had seen me!
10:19 I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
10:19 I would have been as though I had not been. I would have been carried from the womb to the grave.
10:20 [Are] not my days few? cease [then, and] let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
10:20 Are not my days few? Cease! Leave me alone, that I may take a little comfort,
10:21 Before I go [whence] I shall not return, [even] to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
10:21 Before I go to the place from which I shall not return, To the land of darkness and the shadow of death,
10:22 A land of darkness, as darkness [itself; and] of the shadow of death, without any order, and [where] the light [is] as darkness.
10:22 A land as dark as darkness itself, As the shadow of death, without any order, Where even the light is like darkness.'"
10:1 "My soul loathes my life; I will give free course to my complaint, I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
10:2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
10:2 I will say to God, 'Do not condemn me; Show me why You contend with me.
10:3 [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?
10:3 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?
10:4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
10:4 Do You have eyes of flesh? Or do You see as man sees?
10:5 [Are] thy days as the days of man? [are] thy years as man's days,
10:5 Are Your days like the days of a mortal man? Are Your years like the days of a mighty man,
10:6 That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?
10:6 That You should seek for my iniquity And search out my sin,
10:7 Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and [there is] none that can deliver out of thine hand.
10:7 Although You know that I am not wicked, And there is no one who can deliver from Your hand?
10:8 Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
10:8 'Your hands have made me and fashioned me, An intricate unity; Yet You would destroy me.
10:9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
10:9 Remember, I pray, that You have made me like clay. And will You turn me into dust again?
10:10 Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
10:10 Did you not pour me out like milk, And curdle me like cheese,
10:11 Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.
10:11 Clothe me with skin and flesh, And knit me together with bones and sinews?
10:12 Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.
10:12 You have granted me life and favor, And Your care has preserved my spirit.
10:13 And these [things] hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this [is] with thee.
10:13 'And these things You have hidden in Your heart; I know that this was with You:
10:14 If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
10:14 If I sin, then You mark me, And will not acquit me of my iniquity.
10:15 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;
10:15 If I am wicked, woe to me; Even if I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head. I am full of disgrace; See my misery!
10:16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.
10:16 If my head is exalted, You hunt me like a fierce lion, And again You show Yourself awesome against me.
10:17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war [are] against me.
10:17 You renew Your witnesses against me, And increase Your indignation toward me; Changes and war are ever with me.
10:18 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!
10:18 'Why then have You brought me out of the womb? Oh, that I had perished and no eye had seen me!
10:19 I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
10:19 I would have been as though I had not been. I would have been carried from the womb to the grave.
10:20 [Are] not my days few? cease [then, and] let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
10:20 Are not my days few? Cease! Leave me alone, that I may take a little comfort,
10:21 Before I go [whence] I shall not return, [even] to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
10:21 Before I go to the place from which I shall not return, To the land of darkness and the shadow of death,
10:22 A land of darkness, as darkness [itself; and] of the shadow of death, without any order, and [where] the light [is] as darkness.
10:22 A land as dark as darkness itself, As the shadow of death, without any order, Where even the light is like darkness.'"