Job 10

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.	1 I loathe my life. I will give myself up to complaint; I will speak from the bitterness of my soul.
2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.	2 I will say to God: Do not put me in the wrong! Let me know why you oppose me.
3 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?	3 Is it a pleasure for you to oppress, to spurn the work of your hands, and smile on the plan of the wicked?
4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?	4 Have you eyes of flesh? Do you see as man sees?
5 Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days,	5 Are your days as the days of a mortal, and are your years as a man's lifetime,
6 That thou inquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?	6 That you seek for guilt in me and search after my sins,
7 Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.	7 Even though you know that I am not wicked, and that none can deliver me out of your hand?
8 Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.	8 Your hands have formed me and fashioned me; will you then turn and destroy me?
9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?	9 Oh, remember that you fashioned me from clay! Will you then bring me down to dust again?
10 Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?	10 Did you not pour me out as milk, and thicken me like cheese?
11 Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.	11 With skin and flesh you clothed me, with bones and sinews knit me together.
12 Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.	12 Grace and favor you granted me, and your providence has preserved my spirit.
13 And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee.	13 Yet these things you have hidden in your heart; I know that they are your purpose:
14 If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.	14 If I should sin, you would keep a watch against me, and from my guilt you would not absolve me.
15 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;	15 If I should be wicked, alas for me! if righteous, I dare not hold up my head, filled with ignominy and sodden with affliction!
16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.	16 Should it lift up, you hunt me like a lion: repeatedly you show your wondrous power against me,
17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.	17 You renew your attack upon me and multiply your harassment of me; in waves your troops come against me.
18 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!	18 Why then did you bring me forth from the womb? I should have died and no eye have seen me.
19 I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.	19 I should be as though I had never lived; I should have been taken from the womb to the grave.
20 Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,	20 Are not the days of my life few? Let me alone, that I may recover a little
21 Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;	21 Before I go whence I shall not return, to the land of darkness and of gloom,
22 A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.	22 The black, disordered land where darkness is the only light.