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Job's Plea to God
My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me;
Show me why You contend with me.
Show me why You contend with me.
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?
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?
That You should despise the work of Your hands,
And smile on the counsel of the wicked?
Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
Do You have eyes of flesh?
Or do You see as man sees?
Or do You see as man sees?
Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days,
Are Your days like the days of a mortal man?
Are Your years like the days of a mighty man,
Are Your years like the days of a mighty man,
That thou inquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?
That You should seek for my iniquity
And search out my sin,
And search out my sin,
Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.
Although You know that I am not wicked,
And there is no one who can deliver from Your hand?
And there is no one who can deliver from Your hand?
Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
‘Your hands have made me and fashioned me,
An intricate unity;
Yet You would destroy me.
An intricate unity;
Yet You would destroy me.
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
Remember, I pray, that You have made me like clay.
And will You turn me into dust again?
And will You turn me into dust again?
Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
Did You not pour me out like milk,
And curdle me like cheese,
And curdle me like cheese,
Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.
Clothe me with skin and flesh,
And knit me together with bones and sinews?
And knit me together with bones and sinews?
Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.
You have granted me life and favor,
And Your care has preserved my spirit.
And Your care has preserved my spirit.
And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee.
‘And these things You have hidden in Your heart;
I know that this was with You:
I know that this was with You:
If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
If I sin, then You mark me,
And will not acquit me of my iniquity.
And will not acquit me of my iniquity.
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;
For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.
If my head is exalted,
You hunt me like a fierce lion,
And again You show Yourself awesome against me.
You hunt me like a fierce lion,
And again You show Yourself awesome against me.
Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.
You renew Your witnesses against me,
And increase Your indignation toward me;
Changes and war are ever with me.
And increase Your indignation toward me;
Changes and war are ever with me.
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!
‘Why then have You brought me out of the womb?
Oh, that I had perished and no eye had seen me!
Oh, that I had perished and no eye had seen me!
I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
I would have been as though I had not been.
I would have been carried from the womb to the grave.
I would have been carried from the womb to the grave.
Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
Are not my days few?
Cease! Leave me alone, that I may take a little comfort,
Cease! Leave me alone, that I may take a little comfort,
Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
Before I go to the place from which I shall not return,
To the land of darkness and the shadow of death,
To the land of darkness and the shadow of death,