| 章 |
| 10:1 |
"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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| 10:2 |
"I will say to God, 'Do not condemn me; Let me know why Thou dost contend with me.
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| 10:3 |
'Is it right for Thee indeed to oppress, To reject the labor of Thy hands, And to look favorably on the schemes of the wicked?
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| 10:4 |
'Hast Thou eyes of flesh? Or dost Thou see as a man sees?
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| 10:5 |
'Are Thy days as the days of a mortal, Or Thy years as man's years,
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| 10:6 |
That Thou shouldst seek for my guilt, And search after my sin?
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| 10:7 |
'According to Thy knowledge I am indeed not guilty; Yet there is no deliverance from Thy hand.
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| 10:8 |
'Thy hands fashioned and made me altogether, And wouldst Thou destroy me?
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| 10:9 |
'Remember now, that Thou hast made me as clay; And wouldst Thou turn me into dust again?
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| 10:10 |
'Didst Thou not pour me out like milk, And curdle me like cheese;
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| 10:11 |
Clothe me with skin and flesh, And knit me together with bones and sinews?
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| 10:12 |
'Thou hast granted me life and lovingkindness; And Thy care has preserved my spirit.
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| 10:13 |
'Yet these things Thou hast concealed in Thy heart; I know that this is within Thee:
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| 10:14 |
If I sin, then Thou wouldst take note of me, And wouldst not acquit me of my guilt.
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| 10:15 |
'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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| 10:16 |
'And should [my head] be lifted up, Thou wouldst hunt me like a lion; And again Thou wouldst show Thy power against me.
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| 10:17 |
'Thou dost renew Thy witnesses against me, And increase Thine anger toward me, Hardship after hardship is with me.
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| 10:18 |
'Why then hast Thou brought me out of the womb? Would that I had died and no eye had seen me!
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| 10:19 |
'I should have been as though I had not been, Carried from womb to tomb.'
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| 10:20 |
"Would He not let my few days alone? Withdraw from me that I may have a little cheer
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| 10:21 |
Before I go-- and I shall not return-- To the land of darkness and deep shadow;
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| 10:22 |
The land of utter gloom as darkness [itself], Of deep shadow without order, And which shines as the darkness."
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