My soul
is weary
of my life;
I will leave
my complaint
upon myself; I will speak
in the bitterness
of my soul.
I will say
unto God,
Do not condemn
me; shew
me wherefore thou contendest
with me.
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?
Hast thou eyes
of flesh?
or seest
thou as man
seeth?
Are thy days
as the days
of man?
are thy years
as man's
days,
That thou enquirest
after mine iniquity,
and searchest
after my sin?
Thou knowest
that I am not wicked;
and there is none that can deliver
out of thine hand.
Thine hands
have made
me and fashioned
me together
round about;
yet thou dost destroy
me.
Remember,
I beseech thee, that thou hast made
me as the clay;
and wilt thou bring
me into dust
again?
Hast thou not poured me out
as milk,
and curdled
me like cheese?
Thou hast clothed
me with skin
and flesh,
and hast fenced
me with bones
and sinews.
Thou hast granted
me life
and favour,
and thy visitation
hath preserved
my spirit.
And these things hast thou hid
in thine heart:
I know
that this is with thee.
If I sin,
then thou markest
me, and thou wilt not acquit
me from mine iniquity.
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;
For it increaseth.
Thou huntest
me as a fierce lion:
and again
thou shewest thyself marvellous
upon me.
Thou renewest
thy witnesses
against me, and increasest
thine indignation
upon me;
changes
and war
are against me.
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!
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,
even to the land
of darkness
and the shadow of death;
A land
of darkness,
as darkness
itself; and of the shadow of death,
without any order,
and where the light
is as darkness.
