You clothed me [with] skin and flesh, and you knit me together with bones and sinews.

You have granted me life and loyal love, and your care has preserved my spirit.

If I had sinned, then you would be watching me, and you would not acquit me of my guilt.

You renew your witnesses against me, and you increase your vexation against me; {relief forces} [are] against me.

Before I go--and I will not return-- to [the] land of darkness and deep shadow,

" 'Yet you hid these [things] in your heart; I know that this {was your purpose}.

[Are] not my days few? Let him leave [me] alone; let him turn from me, and let me rejoice a little.

So why did you bring me forth from the womb? I should have passed away, {and no eye should have seen me}.

If I am guilty, woe to me! But if I am righteous, I dare not lift my head; [I am] filled [with] shame, and [just] look [at] my misery!

"My inner self loathes my life; {I want to give vent to my complaint}; I want to speak out of [the] bitterness of my inner self.

to [the] land of darkness, like [the] darkness of a deep shadow and {chaos}, so that it shines forth like darkness.'"

I will say to God, 'You should not condemn me; let me know why you contend [against] me.

I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been brought from [the] womb to the grave.

Did you not pour me out like milk and {curdle me} like cheese?

Please remember that you made me like clay, but you turn me into dust [again]?

Is it good for you that you oppress, that you despise the labor of your hands, and you smile over the schemes of [the] wicked?

because of your knowledge that I am not guilty, and there is no escaping from your hand?

{Do you have eyes of flesh}? Or {do you see as human beings see}?

[Are] your days as the days of human beings, or your years as the days of man,

that you seek out my iniquity, and you search for my sin

Your hands fashioned me and made me {altogether}, then you destroyed me.

And [if my head] grows bold, you would hunt me as the lion in its prime; {and you repeat your exploits against me}.