Job 10 · איוב

My soul is weary of my life; I will give free utterance to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

I will say to God, Do not condemn me; inform why Thou dost contend with me.

Is it good to Thee that Thou shouldst oppress, that Thou shouldst despise the work of Thy hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

Hast Thou eyes of flesh? or seest Thou as man sees?

Are Thy days as the days of man? are Thy years as man’s days,

that Thou inquirest after my iniquity, and searchest after my sin;

although Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of Thy hand?

Thy hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet Thou dost destroy me.

Remember, I beseech Thee, that Thou hast made me like clay; and wilt Thou bring me back to dust?

Hast Thou not poured me out like milk, and curdled me like cheese?

Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast knit me together with bones and sinews.

Thou hast granted me life and favour, and Thy providence has preserved my spirit.

Yet these things hast Thou hidden in thy heart: I know that this is with Thee.

If I sin, then Thou markest me, and Thou wilt not acquit me from my iniquity.

If I be wicked, woe is me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head; for I am filled with disgrace, and I see my affliction.

If my head is lifted up proudly, Thou huntest me like a lion: and again Thou dost work wonders against me.

Thou renewest Thy witnesses against me, and increasest Thy indignation upon me; Thou dost bring fresh armies against me.

Why then hast Thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh, that I had perished, 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, to the land of darkness and the shadow of death,

A land of gloom, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.