Dual Panel1"I loathe<6962> my own life<2425>; I will give<5800> full<5800><5921> vent<5800> to my complaint<7879>; I will speak<1696> in the bitterness<4751> of my soul<5315>.
2"I will say<559> to God<433>, 'Do not condemn<7561> me; Let me know<3045> why<5921><4100> You contend<7378> with me.
3'Is it right<2896> for You indeed<3588> to oppress<6231>, To reject<3988> the labor<3018> of Your hands<3709>, And to look<3313> favorably<3313> on the schemes<6098> of the wicked<7563>?
4'Have You eyes<5869> of flesh<1320>? Or<518> do You see<7200> as a man<582> sees<7200>?
5'Are Your days<3117> as the days<3117> of a mortal<582>, Or<518> Your years<8141> as man's<1397> years<3117>,
6That You should seek<1245> for my guilt<5771> And search<1875> after my sin<2403>?
7'According<5921> to Your knowledge<1847> I am indeed<3588> not guilty<7561>, Yet there<369> is no<369> deliverance<5337> from Your hand<3027>.
8'Your hands<3027> fashioned<6087> and made<6213> me altogether<3162><5439>, And would You destroy<1104> me?
9'Remember<2142> now<4994>, that You have made<6213> me as clay<2563>; And would You turn<7725> me into dust<6083> again<7725>?
10'Did You not pour<5413> me out like milk<2461> And curdle<7087> me like cheese<1385>;
11Clothe<3847> me with skin<5785> and flesh<1320>, And knit<5526> me together<5526> with bones<6106> and sinews<1517>?
12'You have granted<6213> me life<2425> and lovingkindness<2617>; And Your care<6486> has preserved<8104> my spirit<7307>.
13'Yet these<428> things<428> You have concealed<6845> in Your heart<3824>; I know<3045> that this<384> is within<5973> You:
14If<518> I sin<2398>, then You would take<8104> note<8104> of me, And would not acquit<5352> me of my guilt<5771>.
15'If<518> I am wicked<7561>, woe<480> to me! And if I am righteous<6663>, I dare not lift<5375> up my head<7218>. I am sated<7649> with disgrace<7036> and conscious<7202> of my misery<6040>.
16'Should my head be lifted<1342> up, You would hunt<6679> me like a lion<7826>; And again<7725> You would show<6381> Your power<6381> against me.
17'You renew<2318> Your witnesses<5707> against<5048> me And increase<7235> Your anger<3708> toward<5973> me; Hardship<2487> after hardship<6635> is with me.
18'Why<4100> then have You brought<3318> me out of the womb<7358>? Would that I had died<1478> and no<3808> eye<5869> had seen<7200> me!
19'I should have been<1961> as though<3512> I had not been<1961>, Carried<2986> from womb<990> to tomb<6913>.'
20"Would He not let<2308> my few<4592> days<3117> alone<2308>? Withdraw<7896> from me that I may have<1082> a little<4592> cheer<1082>
21Before<2962> I go<1980>--and I shall not return<7725>-- To the land<776> of darkness<2822> and deep<6757> shadow<6757>,
22The land<776> of utter<5890> gloom<5890> as darkness<652> itself, Of deep<6757> shadow<6757> without<3808> order<5468>, And which shines<3313> as the darkness<652>."