10:1 'I loathe my very life; therefore I will give free rein to my complaint and speak out in the bitterness of my soul.
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 10 , Verse 1 , 'I loathe my very life; therefore I will give free rein to my complaint and speak out in the bitterness of my soul.
10:2 I will say to God: Do not condemn me, but tell me what charges you have against me.
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 10 , Verse 2 , I will say to God: Do not condemn me, but tell me what charges you have against me.
10:3 Does it please you to oppress me, to spurn the work of your hands, while you smile on the schemes of the wicked?
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 10 , Verse 3 , Does it please you to oppress me, to spurn the work of your hands, while you smile on the schemes of the wicked?
10:4 Do you have eyes of flesh? Do you see as a mortal sees?
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 10 , Verse 4 , Do you have eyes of flesh? Do you see as a mortal sees?
10:5 Are your days like those of a mortal or your years like those of a man,
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 10 , Verse 5 , Are your days like those of a mortal or your years like those of a man,
10:6 that you must search out my faults and probe after my sin--
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 10 , Verse 6 , that you must search out my faults and probe after my sin--
10:7 though you know that I am not guilty and that no one can rescue me from your hand?
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 10 , Verse 7 , though you know that I am not guilty and that no one can rescue me from your hand?
10:8 'Your hands shaped me and made me. Will you now turn and destroy me?
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 10 , Verse 8 , 'Your hands shaped me and made me. Will you now turn and destroy me?
10:9 Remember that you molded me like clay. Will you now turn me to dust again?
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 10 , Verse 9 , Remember that you molded me like clay. Will you now turn me to dust again?
10:10 Did you not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese,
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 10 , Verse 10 , Did you not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese,
10:11 clothe me with skin and flesh and knit me together with bones and sinews?
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 10 , Verse 11 , clothe me with skin and flesh and knit me together with bones and sinews?
10:12 You gave me life and showed me kindness, and in your providence watched over my spirit.
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 10 , Verse 12 , You gave me life and showed me kindness, and in your providence watched over my spirit.
10:13 'But this is what you concealed in your heart, and I know that this was in your mind:
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 10 , Verse 13 , 'But this is what you concealed in your heart, and I know that this was in your mind:
10:14 If I sinned, you would be watching me and would not let my offense go unpunished.
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 10 , Verse 14 , If I sinned, you would be watching me and would not let my offense go unpunished.
10:15 If I am guilty--woe to me! Even if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head, for I am full of shame and drowned in my affliction.
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 10 , Verse 15 , If I am guilty--woe to me! Even if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head, for I am full of shame and drowned in my affliction.
10:16 If I hold my head high, you stalk me like a lion and again display your awesome power against me.
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 10 , Verse 16 , If I hold my head high, you stalk me like a lion and again display your awesome power against me.
10:17 You bring new witnesses against me and increase your anger toward me; your forces come against me wave upon wave.
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 10 , Verse 17 , You bring new witnesses against me and increase your anger toward me; your forces come against me wave upon wave.
10:18 'Why then did you bring me out of the womb? I wish I had died before any eye saw me.
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 10 , Verse 18 , 'Why then did you bring me out of the womb? I wish I had died before any eye saw me.
10:19 If only I had never come into being, or had been carried straight from the womb to the grave!
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 10 , Verse 19 , If only I had never come into being, or had been carried straight from the womb to the grave!
10:20 Are not my few days almost over? Turn away from me so I can have a moment's joy
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 10 , Verse 20 , Are not my few days almost over? Turn away from me so I can have a moment's joy
10:21 before I go to the place of no return, to the land of gloom and deep shadow,
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 10 , Verse 21 , before I go to the place of no return, to the land of gloom and deep shadow,
10:22 to the land of deepest night, of deep shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.'
The NIV Book of Job , Chapter 10 , Verse 22 , to the land of deepest night, of deep shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.'
