(KJV) Job 10¹

⥃Job’s Plea to God

[1] My soul² is weary of my life³; I will leave⁴ my complaint upon myself; I will speak⁵ in the bitterness of my soul. [2] I will say unto God, Do not⁶ condemn me; shew me⁷ wherefore thou contendest with me. [3] [Is it] good⁸ unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise⁹ the work¹⁰ of thine hands, and shine upon¹¹ the counsel of the wicked? [4] Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou¹² as man seeth? [5] [Are] thy days as the days of man? [are] thy years as man’s days,¹³ [6] That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?¹⁴ [7] Thou knowest¹⁵ that I am not wicked; and [there¹⁶ is] none that can deliver out of thine hand. [8] Thine hands¹⁷ have made me¹⁸ and fashioned me together round about; yet thou¹⁹ dost destroy me. [9] Remember²⁰, I beseech thee, that thou hast²¹ made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again²²? [10] Hast thou not poured²³ me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese? [11] Thou hast clothed²⁴ me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced²⁵ me with bones and sinews. [12] Thou hast granted me life and favour²⁶, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit. [13] And these [things] hast thou hid²⁷ in thine heart: I know²⁸ that this [is] with thee. [14] If I sin, then²⁹ thou markest me, and thou wilt³⁰ not acquit me from mine iniquity. [15] If I be wicked³¹, woe unto me; and [if] I be righteous³², [yet] will I not lift up my head. [I am] full³³ of confusion; therefore see³⁴ thou mine affliction; [16] For it increaseth. Thou huntest³⁵ me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous³⁶ upon me. [17] Thou renewest thy witnesses³⁷ against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes³⁸ and war³⁹ [are] against me. [18] Wherefore then hast thou⁴⁰ brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up⁴¹ the ghost, and no eye had seen me! [19] I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.⁴² [20] [Are] not my days few⁴³? cease⁴⁴ [then], [and] let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, [21] Before I go [whence⁴⁵] I shall not return, [even] to the land⁴⁶ of darkness and the shadow⁴⁷ of death; [22] A land of darkness, as darkness [itself]; [and] of the shadow of death⁴⁸, without any order, and [where] the light [is] as darkness.