1 My soul H5315 is weary of my life H5315 ; I will give free course to my complaint שִׂיחִ֑י si.Chi H7879 ; I will speak אֲ֝דַבְּרָה֗ 'a.da.be.rah H1696 in the bitterness בְּמַ֣ר be.Mar H4751 of my soul H5315 . 2 I will say אֹמַ֣ר 'o.Mar H559 unto God אֱ֭לוֹהַּ 'E.lo.ah H433 , Do not condemn תַּרְשִׁיעֵ֑נִי tar.shi.'E.ni H7561 me ; Show me wherefore thou contendest with me . 3 Is it good הֲט֤וֹב ha.Tov H2896 unto thee that thou shouldest oppress תַעֲשֹׁ֗ק ta.'a.Shok H6231 , That thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands כַּפֶּ֑יךָ ka.Pei.kha H3709 , And shine H3313 upon the counsel H6098 of the wicked רְשָׁעִ֣ים re.sha.'Im H7563 ? 4 Hast thou eyes הַעֵינֵ֣י ha.'ei.Nei H5869 of flesh בָשָׂ֣ר va.Sar H1320 ? Or seest thou as man seeth? 5 Are thy days הֲכִימֵ֣י ha.khi.Mei H3117 as the days יָמֶ֑יךָ ya.Mei.kha H3117 of man גָֽבֶר׃ Ga.ver H1397 , Or thy years שְׁ֝נוֹתֶ֗יךָ She.no.Tei.kha H8141 as man’s days כִּ֣ימֵי Ki.mei H3117 , 6 That thou inquirest after mine iniquity לַעֲוֹנִ֑י la.'a.vo.Ni H5771 , And searchest after my sin וּ֭לְחַטָּאתִ֥י u.le.cha.ta.Ti H2403 , 7 Although thou knowest that I am not wicked , And there is none that can deliver H5337 out of thy hand מִיָּדְךָ֣ mi.ya.de.Kha H3027 ? 8 Thy hands יָדֶ֣יךָ ya.Dei.kha H3027 have framed me and fashioned me Together יַ֥חַד Ya.chad H3162 round H5439 about ; yet thou dost destroy me. 9 Remember זְכָר־ ze.khor- H2142 , I beseech thee, that thou hast fashioned me as clay; And wilt thou bring H7725 me into dust עָפָ֥ר 'a.Far H6083 again ? 10 Hast thou not poured תַּתִּיכֵ֑נִי ta.ti.Khe.ni H5413 me out as milk כֶ֭חָלָב khe.cha.lo H2461 , And curdled me like cheese ? 11 Thou hast clothed תַּלְבִּישֵׁ֑נִי tal.bi.She.ni H3847 me with skin ע֣וֹר or H5785 and flesh וּ֭בָשָׂר U.va.sor H1320 , And knit me together with bones H6106 and sinews וְ֝גִידִ֗ים ve.gi.Dim H1517 . 12 Thou hast granted me life חַיִּ֣ים chai.Yim H2416 and lovingkindness; And thy visitation hath preserved H8104 my spirit רוּחִֽי׃ ru.Chi H7307 . 13 Yet these things וְ֭אֵלֶּה Ve.'e.leh H428 thou didst hide H6845 in thy heart בִלְבָבֶ֑ךָ vil.va.Ve.kha H3824 ; I know יָ֝דַ֗עְתִּי ya.Da'.ti H3045 that this is with thee: 14 If I sin H2398 , then thou markest me , And thou wilt not acquit תְנַקֵּֽנִי׃ te.na.Ke.ni H5352 me from mine iniquity וּ֝מֵעֲוֹנִ֗י u.me.'a.vo.Ni H5771 . 15 If I be wicked , woe אַלְלַ֬י 'a.Lai H480 unto me ; And if I be righteous וְ֭צָדַקְתִּי Ve.tza.dak.ti H6663 , yet shall I not lift אֶשָּׂ֣א 'e.Sa' H5375 up my head רֹאשִׁ֑י ro.Shi H7218 ; Being filled with ignominy, And looking upon mine affliction. 16 And if my head exalt itself, thou huntest me as a lion כַּשַּׁ֣חַל ka.Sha.chal H7826 ; And again thou showest thyself marvellous upon me . 17 Thou renewest thy witnesses H5707 against me , And increasest thine indignation upon me : Changes חֲלִיפ֖וֹת cha.li.Fot H2487 and warfare H6635 are with me . 18 Wherefore then hast thou brought הֹצֵאתָ֑נִי ho.tze.Ta.ni H3318 me forth H3318 out of the womb מֵ֭רֶחֶם Me.re.chem H7358 ? I had given up the ghost, and no eye וְעַ֣יִן ve.'A.yin H5869 had seen H7200 me . 19 I should have been H1961 as though I had not been H1961 ; I should have been H1961 carried from the womb מִ֝בֶּ֗טֶן mi.Be.ten H990 to the grave לַקֶּ֥בֶר la.Ke.ver H6913 . 20 Are not my days יָמַ֣י ya.Mai H3117 few מְעַ֣ט me.'At H4592 ? cease וַחֲדָ֑ל ve.che.Dal H2308 then , And let me alone , that I may take comfort a little מְּעָֽט׃ me.'At H4592 , 21 Before I go H7725 whence I shall not return אָשׁ֑וּב 'a.Shuv H7725 , Even to the land אֶ֖רֶץ 'E.retz H776 of darkness חֹ֣שֶׁךְ Cho.shekh H2822 and of the shadow of death ; 22 The land אֶ֤רֶץ 'E.retz H776 dark as midnight, The land H776 of the shadow of death , without any order , And where the light is as midnight. ← Job 9 Job 11 → American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain
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