My soul is weary
of my life
; I will leave
my complaint
upon myself; I will speak
in the bitterness
of my soul
.
I will say unto God
, Do not condemn
me; shew
me wherefore thou contendest
with me.
Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress
, that thou shouldest despise
the work
of thine hands
, and shine
upon the counsel
of the wicked
?
Hast thou eyes of flesh
? or seest
thou as man
seeth
?
Are thy days as the days
of man
? are thy years
as man's
days
,
That thou enquirest after mine iniquity
, and searchest
after my sin
?
Thou knowest that I am not wicked
; and there is none that can deliver
out of thine hand
.
Thine hands have made
me and fashioned
me together
round about
; yet thou dost destroy
me.
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made
me as the clay
; and wilt thou bring
me into dust
again
?
Hast thou not poured me out as milk
, and curdled
me like cheese
?
Thou hast clothed me with skin
and flesh
, and hast fenced
me with bones
and sinews
.
Thou hast granted me life
and favour
, and thy visitation
hath preserved
my spirit
.
And these things hast thou hid in thine heart
: I know
that this is with thee.
If I sin, then thou markest
me, and thou wilt not acquit
me from mine iniquity
.
If I be wicked, woe
unto me; and if I be righteous
, yet will I not lift up
my head
. I am full
of confusion
; therefore see
thou mine affliction
;
For it increaseth. Thou huntest
me as a fierce lion
: and again
thou shewest thyself marvellous
upon me.
Thou renewest thy witnesses
against me, and increasest
thine indignation
upon me
; changes
and war
are against me.
Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb
? Oh that I had given up the ghost
, and no eye
had seen
me!
I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb
to the grave
.
Are not my days few
? cease
then, and let me alone
, that I may take comfort
a little
,
Before I go whence I shall not return
, even to the land
of darkness
and the shadow of death
;
A land of darkness
, as darkness
itself; and of the shadow of death
, without any order
, and where the light
is as darkness
.