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1 "I loathe my own life; I will give full vent to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
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"I loathe my life; I will give free utterance to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
2 "I will say to God, 'Do not condemn me; Let me know why You contend with me.
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I will say to God, Do not condemn me; let me know why you contend against me.
3 'Is it right for You indeed to oppress, To reject the labor of Your hands, And to look favorably on the schemes of the wicked?
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Does it seem good to you to oppress, to despise the work of your hands and favor the designs of the wicked?
4 'Have You eyes of flesh? Or do You see as a man sees?
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Have you eyes of flesh? Do you see as man sees?
5 'Are Your days as the days of a mortal, Or Your years as man's years,
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Are your days as the days of man, or your years as a man's years,
6 That You should seek for my guilt And search after my sin?
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that you seek out my iniquity and search for my sin,
7 'According to Your knowledge I am indeed not guilty, Yet there is no deliverance from Your hand.
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although you know that I am not guilty, and there is none to deliver out of your hand?
8 'Your hands fashioned and made me altogether , And would You destroy me?
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Your hands fashioned and made me, and now you have destroyed me altogether.
9 'Remember now, that You have made me as clay; And would You turn me into dust again?
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Remember that you have made me like clay; and will you return me to the dust?
10 'Did You not pour me out like milk And curdle me like cheese;
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Did you not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese?
11 Clothe me with skin and flesh, And knit me together with bones and sinews?
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You clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews.
12 'You have granted me life and lovingkindness; And Your care has preserved my spirit.
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You have granted me life and steadfast love, and your care has preserved my spirit.
13 'Yet these things You have concealed in Your heart; I know that this is within You:
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Yet these things you hid in your heart; I know that this was your purpose.
14 If I sin, then You would take note of me, And would not acquit me of my guilt.
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If I sin, you watch me and do not acquit me of my iniquity.
15 'If I am wicked, woe to me! And if I am righteous, I dare not lift up my head. I am sated with disgrace and conscious of my misery.
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If I am guilty, woe to me! If I am in the right, I cannot lift up my head, for I am filled with disgrace and look on my affliction.
16 'Should my head be lifted up, You would hunt me like a lion; And again You would show Your power against me.
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And were my head lifted up, you would hunt me like a lion and again work wonders against me.
17 'You renew Your witnesses against me And increase Your anger toward me; Hardship after hardship is with me.
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You renew your witnesses against me and increase your vexation toward me; you bring fresh troops against me.
18 'Why then have You brought me out of the womb? Would that I had died and no eye had seen me!
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"Why did you bring me out from the womb? Would that I had died before any eye had seen me
19 'I should have been as though I had not been, Carried from womb to tomb.'
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and were as though I had not been, carried from the womb to the grave.
20 "Would He not let my few days alone? Withdraw from me that I may have a little cheer
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Are not my days few? Then cease, and leave me alone, that I may find a little cheer
21 Before I go -and I shall not return - To the land of darkness and deep shadow,
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before I go--and I shall not return-- to the land of darkness and deep shadow,
22 The land of utter gloom as darkness itself, Of deep shadow without order, And which shines as the darkness."
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the land of gloom like thick darkness, like deep shadow without any order, where light is as thick darkness."
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