10: 2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; Show me wherefore thou contendest with me.
10: 3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, That thou shouldest despise the 101work of thy hands, And shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
101Hb. labor
10: 4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? Or seest thou as man seeth?
10: 5 Are thy days as the days of a mortal man, Or thy years as the days of a strong man,
10: 6 That thou inquirest after mine iniquity, And searchest after my sin,
10: 7 Although thou knowest that I am not wicked, And there is none that can deliver out of thy hand?
10: 8 Thy hands have framed me and fashioned me Together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
10: 9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast fashioned me as clay; And wilt thou bring me into dust again?
10: 10 Hast thou not poured me out as milk, And curdled me like cheese?
10: 11 Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, And knit me together with bones and sinews.
10: 12 Thou hast granted me life and lovingkindness; And thy 102visitation hath preserved my spirit.
102Or, care
10: 13 Yet these things thou didst hide in thy heart; I know that this is with thee:
10: 14 If I sin, then thou markest me, And thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
10: 15 If I be wicked, woe unto me; And if I be righteous, yet shall I not lift up my head; 103Being filled with ignominy, And looking upon mine affliction.
103Or, I am filled with ignominy, but look thou upon mine affliction, 16 For it increaseth: thou huntest me as a lion;
10: 16 And if my head exalt itself, thou huntest me as a lion; And again thou showest thyself marvellous upon me.
10: 17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, And increasest thine indignation upon me: 104Changes and warfare are with me.
104Or, Host after host is against me.
10: 18 Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? I had given up the breath, and no eye had seen me.
10: 19 I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
10: 20 Are not my days few? 105cease then, And let me alone, that I may 106take comfort a little,
105Hbmg reads let him cease, and leave me alone,
106Hb. brighten up,
10: 21 Before I go whence I shall not return, Even to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;
10: 22 The land dark as 107midnight, The land of the shadow of death, without any order, And where the light is as midnight.
107Hb. thick darkness (both times).
