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Chapter 10
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My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint
upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. |
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I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore
thou contendest with me. |
3
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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? |
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Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth? |
5
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Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's
days, |
6
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That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest
after my sin? |
7
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Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none
that can deliver out of thine hand. |
8
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Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together
round about; yet thou dost destroy me. |
9
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Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as
the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again? |
10
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Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me
like cheese? |
11
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Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast
fenced me with bones and sinews. |
12
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Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation
hath preserved my spirit. |
13
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And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know
that this is with thee. |
14
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If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit
me from mine iniquity. |
15
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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
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For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion:
and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me. |
17
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Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest
thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against
me. |
18
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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! |
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I should have been as though I had not been; I should
have been carried from the womb to the grave. |
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Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone,
that I may take comfort a little, |
21
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Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the
land of darkness and the shadow of death; |
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A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the
shadow of death, without any order, and where the light
is as darkness. |
