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10:1 "I loathe my own life; I will give full vent to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. 10:2 "I will say to God, 'Do not condemn me; Let me know why Thou dost contend with me. 10:3 'Is it right for Thee indeed to oppress, To reject the labor of Thy hands, And to look favorably on the schemes of the wicked? 10:4 'Hast Thou eyes of flesh? Or dost Thou see as a man sees? 10:5 'Are Thy days as the days of a mortal, Or Thy years as man's years, 10:6 That Thou shouldst seek for my guilt, And search after my sin? 10:7 'According to Thy knowledge I am indeed not guilty; Yet there is no deliverance from Thy hand. 10:8 'Thy hands fashioned and made me altogether, And wouldst Thou destroy me? 10:9 'Remember now, that Thou hast made me as clay; And wouldst Thou turn me into dust again? 10:10 'Didst Thou 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? 10:12 'Thou hast granted me life and lovingkindness; And Thy care has preserved my spirit. 10:13 'Yet these things Thou hast concealed in Thy heart; I know that this is within Thee: 10:14 If I sin, then Thou wouldst take note of me, And wouldst not acquit me of my guilt. 10:15 'If I am wicked, woe to me! And if I am righteous, I dare not lift up my head. [I am] sated with disgrace and conscious of my misery. 10:16 'And should [my head] be lifted up, Thou wouldst hunt me like a lion; And again Thou wouldst show Thy power against me. 10:17 'Thou dost renew Thy witnesses against me, And increase Thine anger toward me, Hardship after hardship is with me. 10:18 'Why then hast Thou brought me out of the womb? Would that I had died and no eye had seen me! 10:19 'I should have been as though I had not been, Carried from womb to tomb.' 10:20 "Would He not let my few days alone? Withdraw from me that I may have a little cheer 10:21 Before I go-- and I shall not return-- To the land of darkness and deep shadow; 10:22 The land of utter gloom as darkness [itself], Of deep shadow without order, And which shines as the darkness."