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 ; shew me wherefore thou strivest with me . 3 Doth it please thee to 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 a mortal ? are thy years שְׁ֝נוֹתֶ֗יךָ She.no.Tei.kha H8141 as a man's days כִּ֣ימֵי Ki.mei H3117 , 6 That thou searchest after mine iniquity לַעֲוֹנִ֑י la.'a.vo.Ni H5771 , and inquirest into my sin וּ֭לְחַטָּאתִ֥י u.le.cha.ta.Ti H2403 ; 7 Since thou knowest that I am not wicked , and that there is none that delivereth out of thy hand מִיָּדְךָ֣ mi.ya.de.Kha H3027 ? 8 Thy hands יָדֶ֣יךָ ya.Dei.kha H3027 have bound me together יַ֥חַד Ya.chad H3162 and made H6213 me as one , round H5439 about ; yet dost thou swallow וַֽתְּבַלְּעֵֽנִי׃ Va.te.va.le.'E.ni H1104 me up ! 9 Remember זְכָר־ ze.khor- H2142 , I beseech thee, that thou hast made H6213 me as clay, and wilt 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 favour, and thy care H8104 hath preserved H8104 my spirit רוּחִֽי׃ ru.Chi H7307 ; 13 And these things וְ֭אֵלֶּה Ve.'e.leh H428 didst thou hide H6845 in thy heart בִלְבָבֶ֑ךָ vil.va.Ve.kha H3824 ; I know יָ֝דַ֗עְתִּי ya.Da'.ti H3045 that this was with thee. 14 If I sinned H2398 , thou wouldest mark me , and thou wouldest not acquit תְנַקֵּֽנִי׃ te.na.Ke.ni H5352 me of mine iniquity וּ֝מֵעֲוֹנִ֗י u.me.'a.vo.Ni H5771 . 15 If I were wicked , woe אַלְלַ֬י 'a.Lai H480 unto me ! and righteous וְ֭צָדַקְתִּי Ve.tza.dak.ti H6663 , I will not lift אֶשָּׂ֣א 'e.Sa' H5375 up my head רֹאשִׁ֑י ro.Shi H7218 , being [ so ] full of shame קָ֝ל֗וֹן ka.Lon H7036 , and beholding mine affliction; — 16 And it increaseth: thou huntest me as a fierce lion כַּשַּׁ֣חַל ka.Sha.chal H7826 ; and ever again thou shewest thy marvellous power upon me . 17 Thou renewest thy witnesses H5707 before me and increasest thy displeasure against me ; successions [ of evil] and a time of toil are with me . 18 And wherefore didst thou bring הֹצֵאתָ֑נִי ho.tze.Ta.ni H3318 me forth H3318 out of the womb מֵ֭רֶחֶם Me.re.chem H7358 ? I had expired, and no eye וְעַ֣יִן ve.'A.yin H5869 had seen H7200 me . 19 I should be 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 revive a little מְּעָֽט׃ me.'At H4592 , 21 Before I go H7725 , and never to return אָשׁ֑וּב 'a.Shuv H7725 , — to the land אֶ֖רֶץ 'E.retz H776 of darkness חֹ֣שֶׁךְ Cho.shekh H2822 and the shadow of death ; 22 A land אֶ֤רֶץ 'E.retz H776 of gloom H652 , as darkness צַ֭לְמָוֶת Tzal.ma.vet H6757 itself; of the shadow of death , without any order , where the light is as thick darkness H6757 . ← Job 9 Job 11 → Darby Bible — 1889 — Public Domain
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