Job 10

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Job 10

Job Despairs of God’s Dealings

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“^(a)^(A)I loathe my own life;
I will give full vent to ^(B)my complaint;
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

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“I will say to God, ‘^(C)Do not condemn me;
Let me know why You contend with me.

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‘Is it ^(b)right for You indeed to ^(D)oppress,
To reject ^(E)the labor of Your hands,
And ^(c)to look favorably on ^(F)the schemes of the wicked?

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‘Have You eyes of flesh?
Or do You ^(G)see as a man sees?

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‘Are Your days as the days of a mortal,
Or ^(H)Your years as man’s years,

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That ^(I)You should seek for my guilt
And search after my sin?

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‘According to Your knowledge ^(J)I am indeed not guilty,
Yet there is ^(K)no deliverance from Your hand.

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‘^(L)Your hands fashioned and made me ^(d)altogether,
^(M)And would You destroy me?

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‘Remember now, that You have made me as ^(N)clay;
And would You ^(O)turn me into dust again?

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‘Did You not pour me out like milk
And curdle me like cheese;

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Clothe me with skin and flesh,
And knit me together with bones and sinews?

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‘You have ^(P)granted me life and lovingkindness;
And Your care has preserved my spirit.

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‘Yet ^(Q)these things You have concealed in Your heart;
I know that this is within You:

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If I sin, then You would ^(R)take note of me,
And ^(S)would not acquit me of my guilt.

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‘If ^(T)I am wicked, woe to me!
And ^(U)if I am righteous, I dare not lift up my head.
I am sated with disgrace and ^(e)conscious of my misery.

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‘Should my head be lifted up, ^(V)You would hunt me like a lion;
And again You would show Your ^(W)power against me.

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‘You renew ^(X)Your witnesses against me
And increase Your anger toward me;
^(f)^(Y)Hardship after hardship is with me.

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‘^(Z)Why then have You brought me out of the womb?
Would that I had died and no eye had seen me!

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‘I should have been as though I had not been,
Carried from womb to tomb.’

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“Would He not let ^(AA)my few days alone?
^(g)^(AB)Withdraw from me that I may have a little cheer

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Before I go—^(AC)and I shall not return—
^(AD)To the land of darkness and ^(AE)deep shadow,

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The land of utter gloom as darkness itself,
Of deep shadow without order,
And which shines as the darkness.”

Footnotes:

a. Job 10:1: ['Lit ', My soul loathes]

b. Job 10:3: ['Lit ', good]

c. Job 10:3: ['Lit ', You shine forth]

d. Job 10:8: ['Lit ', together round about]

e. Job 10:15: ['Lit ', see]

f. Job 10:17: ['Lit ', Changes and warfare are with me]

g. Job 10:20: ['Lit ', Put]

Cross references:

A. Job 10:1: Job 7:16

B. Job 10:1: Job 7:11

C. Job 10:2: Job 9:29

D. Job 10:3: Job 9:22-24; Job 16:11; Job 19:6; Job 27:2

E. Job 10:3: Job 10:8; Job 14:15; Psalm 138:8; Isaiah 64:8

F. Job 10:3: Job 21:16; Job 22:18

G. Job 10:4: 1 Samuel 16:7; Job 28:24; Job 34:21

H. Job 10:5: Job 36:26

I. Job 10:6: Job 14:16

J. Job 10:7: Job 9:21; Job 13:18

K. Job 10:7: Job 9:12; Job 23:13; Job 27:22

L. Job 10:8: Job 10:3; Psalm 119:73

M. Job 10:8: Job 9:22

N. Job 10:9: Job 4:19; Job 33:6

O. Job 10:9: Job 7:21

P. Job 10:12: Job 33:4

Q. Job 10:13: Job 23:13

R. Job 10:14: Job 7:20

S. Job 10:14: Job 7:21; Job 9:28

T. Job 10:15: Job 10:7; Isaiah 3:11

U. Job 10:15: Job 6:29

V. Job 10:16: Isaiah 38:13; Lamentations 3:10; Hosea 13:7

W. Job 10:16: Job 5:9

X. Job 10:17: Ruth 1:21; Job 16:8

Y. Job 10:17: Job 7:1

Z. Job 10:18: Job 3:11-13

AA. Job 10:20: Job 14:1

AB. Job 10:20: Job 7:16; Job 7:19

AC. Job 10:21: 2 Samuel 12:23; Job 3:13-19; Job 16:22

AD. Job 10:21: Psalm 88:12

AE. Job 10:21: Job 10:22; Job 34:22; Job 38:17; Psalm 23:4