1 “I am disgusted with living, so I’m going to talk about my complaint freely. I’ll speak out from the bitterness of my soul. ISV — Job 10:1
2 I’ll say to God, ‘Don’t condemn me! Let me know why you are fighting me. ISV — Job 10:2
3 Does it delight you to oppress or despise what you have made, while you smile at the plans of the wicked? a10:3 Lit. you cause the plans of the wicked to shine ISV — Job 10:3
4 Do you have eyes made of flesh? Can you look at things as humans do? ISV — Job 10:4
5 Can you live only as long as a human being? Or live the years b10:5 Lit. days of a mortal man? ISV — Job 10:5
6 “‘For you seek out my iniquity and search for my sin. ISV — Job 10:6
7 Although you know that I’m not guilty, there’s no one to deliver me from you! c10:7 Lit. from your hand ISV — Job 10:7
8 Your hands formed and fashioned me, but then you have destroyed me all at once on all sides. ISV — Job 10:8
9 “‘Please remember that you’ve made me like clay and you’ll return me to dust. ISV — Job 10:9
10 Didn’t you pour me out like milk and let me congeal like cheese? ISV — Job 10:10
11 You covered me with skin and flesh, weaving me together with bones and sinews. ISV — Job 10:11
12 You gave life and gracious love to me; your providential care has preserved my spirit. ISV — Job 10:12
13 But you’ve hidden these things in your heart— I know this was your purpose: d10:13 Or was in you ISV — Job 10:13
14 If I sin, you watch me and won’t acquit me for my iniquity. ISV — Job 10:14
15 “‘Woe to me if I’m guilty! If I’m innocent, I cannot lift my head, because I am filled with disgrace. Look at my affliction! ISV — Job 10:15
16 But if I do lift up my head, you will hunt me like a lion! You will perform miracles in order to fight against me. ISV — Job 10:16
17 “‘You have brought new witnesses against me, you’re even more angry with me— you’ve brought fresh troops to attack me! ISV — Job 10:17
18 So why did you bring me out from the womb? I wish I had died, before anyone had seen me, ISV — Job 10:18
19 as if I had never existed; carried from the womb to the grave. ISV — Job 10:19
20 My days are so few, aren’t they? So leave me alone, then, so I can smile a little ISV — Job 10:20
21 before I go, never to return, leaving for the land of deep darkness and shadow. ISV — Job 10:21
22 It’s a gloomy land, like deepest darkness; where there’s no order, and where even e10:22 The Heb. lacks even the brightness is like darkness.’” ISV — Job 10:22