10:1 "I loathe my life; I will give free utterance to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
10:1 "I loathe my life; I will give free utterance to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

10:2 I will say to God, Do not condemn me; let me know why thou dost contend against me.
10:2 I will say to God, Do not condemn me; let me know why you contend against me.

10:3 Does it seem good to thee to oppress, to despise the work of thy hands and favor the designs of the wicked?
10:3 Does it seem good to you to oppress, to despise the work of your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked?

10:4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? Dost thou see as man sees?
10:4 Do you have eyes of flesh? Do you see as humans see?

10:5 Are thy days as the days of man, or thy years as man's years,
10:5 Are your days like the days of mortals, or your years like human years,

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

10:7 although thou knowest that I am not guilty, and there is none to deliver out of thy hand?
10:7 although you know that I am not guilty, and there is no one to deliver out of your hand?

10:8 Thy hands fashioned and made me; and now thou dost turn about and destroy me.
10:8 Your hands fashioned and made me; and now you turn and destroy me.

10:9 Remember that thou hast made me of clay; and wilt thou turn me to dust again?
10:9 Remember that you fashioned me like clay; and will you turn me to dust again?

10:10 Didst thou not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese?
10:10 Did you not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese?

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

10:12 Thou hast granted me life and steadfast love; and thy care has preserved my spirit.
10:12 You have granted me life and steadfast love, and your care has preserved my spirit.

10:13 Yet these things thou didst hide in thy heart; I know that this was thy purpose.
10:13 Yet these things you hid in your heart; I know that this was your purpose.

10:14 If I sin, thou dost mark me, and dost not acquit me of my iniquity.
10:14 If I sin, you watch me, and do not acquit me of my iniquity.

10:15 If I am wicked, woe to me! If I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head, for I am filled with disgrace and look upon my affliction.
10:15 If I am wicked, woe to me! If I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head, for I am filled with disgrace and look upon my affliction.

10:16 And if I lift myself up, thou dost hunt me like a lion, and again work wonders against me;
10:16 Bold as a lion you hunt me; you repeat your exploits against me.

10:17 thou dost renew thy witnesses against me, and increase thy vexation toward me; thou dost bring fresh hosts against me.
10:17 You renew your witnesses against me, and increase your vexation toward me; you bring fresh troops against me.

10:18 "Why didst thou bring me forth from the womb? Would that I had died before any eye had seen me,
10:18 "Why did you bring me forth from the womb? Would that I had died before any eye had seen me,

10:19 and were as though I had not been, carried from the womb to the grave.
10:19 and were as though I had not been, carried from the womb to the grave.

10:20 Are not the days of my life few? Let me alone, that I may find a little comfort
10:20 Are not the days of my life few? Let me alone, that I may find a little comfort

10:21 before I go whence I shall not return, to the land of gloom and deep darkness,
10:21 before I go, never to return, to the land of gloom and deep darkness,

10:22 the land of gloom and chaos, where light is as darkness."
10:22 the land of gloom and chaos, where light is like darkness."