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Chapter 10 |
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1 | My soul is weary of my life; I will
leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my
soul. |
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I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou
contendest with 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? |
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4 | Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou
as man seeth? |
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5 | Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as
man's days, |
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| That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest
after my sin? |
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7 | Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none
that can deliver out of thine hand. |
| 8 | Thine hands have made me and
fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me. |
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Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou
bring me into dust again? |
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10 | Hast thou not poured me out as milk,
and curdled me like cheese? |
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11 | Thou hast clothed me with skin and
flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews. |
| 12 | Thou hast
granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.
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| 13 | And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with
thee. |
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If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me
from mine iniquity. |
| 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; |
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16 | For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as
a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me. |
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Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon
me; changes and war are 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! |
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19 | I should have been as though I had not been; I
should have been carried 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,
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| 21 | Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and
the shadow of death; |
| 22 | A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and
of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as
darkness. |
