Job 10

Berean Standard Bible

Job’s Plea to God

1“I loatheH5354 my ownH5315 lifeH2416; I will expressH5800 H5921 my complaintH7879 and speakH1696 in the bitternessH4751 of my soulH5315.2I will sayH559 toH413 GodH433: Do notH408 condemn meH7561! Let me knowH3045 whyH5921 H4100 You prosecute meH7378.3Does it pleaseH2896 YouH3588 to oppress meH6231 H3588, to rejectH3988 the workH3018 of Your handsH3709 H5921 and favorH3313 the schemesH6098 of the wickedH7563?4Do You have eyesH5869 of fleshH1320 ? Do You seeH7200 as manH582 seesH7200?5Are Your daysH3117 like thoseH3117 of aH582 mortal, orH518 Your yearsH8141 like thoseH3117 of a manH1397,6thatH3588 You should seekH1245 my iniquityH5771 and search outH1875 my sinH2403—7thoughH5921 You knowH1847 thatH3588 I am notH3808 guiltyH7561, and there is noH369 deliveranceH5337 from Your handH3027?

8Your handsH3027 shaped meH6087 and altogetherH3162 formed meH6213.Would You now turnH5439 and destroy meH1104?9PleaseH4994 rememberH2142 thatH3588 You molded meH6213 like clayH2563.Would You now return meH7725 toH413 dustH6083?10Did You notH3808 pour me outH5413 like milkH2461,and curdle meH7087 like cheeseH1385?11You clothed meH3847 with skinH5785 and fleshH1320,and knit me togetherH5526 with bonesH6106 and sinewsH1517.12You have grantedH6213 meH5978 lifeH2416 and loving devotionH2617,1and Your careH6486 has preservedH8104 my spiritH7307.

13Yet You concealedH6845 theseH428 things in Your heartH3824,and I knowH3045 thatH3588 thisH2063 was in YourH5973 mind:14IfH518 I sinnedH2398, You would take noteH8104,and would notH3808 acquit meH5352 of my iniquityH5771.15IfH518 I am guiltyH7561, woeH480 to me!And even if I am righteousH6663, I cannotH3808 liftH5375 my headH7218.I am fullH7649 of shameH7036and aware ofH7202 my afflictionH6040.16Should I hold my head highH1342,You would hunt meH6679 like a lionH7826,and againH7725 display Your powerH6381 against me.17You produce newH2318 witnessesH5707 against meH5048and multiplyH7235 Your angerH3708 toward meH5978.HardshipsH6635 assault meH5973in wave after waveH2487.

18Why thenH4100 did You bring meH3318 from the wombH7358?Oh, that I had diedH1478, and noH3808 eyeH5869 had seen meH7200!19If onlyH834 I had neverH3808 comeH1961 to beH1961,but had been carriedH2986 from the wombH990 to the graveH6913.20Are my daysH3117 notH3808 fewH4592?WithdrawH2308 H7896 from meH4480, that I may have a little comfortH1082 ,21beforeH2962 I goH1980—neverH3808 to returnH7725—toH413 a landH776 of darknessH2822 and gloomH6757,22to a landH776 of utter darknessH5890 H3644 H652,of deep shadowH6757 and disorderH3808 H5468,where even the lightH3313 is likeH3644 darknessH652.”

1. Job 10:12 Forms of the Hebrew chesed are translated here and in most cases throughout the Scriptures as loving devotion; the range of meaning includes love, goodness, kindness, faithfulness, and mercy, as well as loyalty to a covenant. ↩