Dual Panel1“I am weary <05354> of my life <05315>; I will complain <05800> without restraint <07879>; I will speak <01696> in the bitterness <04751> of my soul <05315>.
2I will say <0559> to <0413> God <0433>, ‘Do not <0408> condemn <07561> me; tell <03045> me why <04100> you are contending <07378> with me.’
3Is it good <02896> for <03588> you to oppress <06231>, to despise <03988> the work <03018> of your hands <03709>, while you smile <03313> on <05921> the schemes <06098> of the wicked <07563>?
4“Do you have eyes <05869> of flesh <01320>, or <0518> do you see <07200> as a human <0582> being sees <07200>?
5Are your days <03117> like the days <03117> of a mortal <0582>, or <0518> your years <08141> like the years <03117> of a mortal <01397>,
6that <03588> you must search out <01245> my iniquity <05771>, and inquire <01875> about my sin <02403>,
7although you know <01847> that <03588> I am not <03808> guilty <07561>, and that there is no one <0369> who can deliver out <05337> of your hand <03027>?
8“Your hands <03027> have shaped <06087> me and made <06213> me, but now you destroy <01104> me completely.
9Remember <02142> that <03588> you have made <06213> me as with <0413> the clay <02563>; will you return <07725> me to dust <06083>?
10Did you not <03808> pour <05413> me out <05413> like milk <02461>, and curdle <07087> me like cheese <01385>?
11You clothed <03847> me with skin <05785> and flesh <01320> and knit me together with bones <06106> and sinews <01517>.
12You gave <06213> me <05978> life <02416> and favor <02617>, and your intervention <06486> watched over <08104> my spirit <07307>.
13“But these things <0428> you have concealed <06845> in your heart <03824>; I know <03045> that <03588> this <02063> is with <05973> you:
14If <0518> I sinned <02398>, then you would watch <08104> me and you would not <03808> acquit <05352> me of my iniquity <05771>.
15If <0518> I am guilty <07561>, woe <0480> to me, and if I am innocent <06663>, I cannot <03808> lift <05375> my head <07218>; I am full <07646> of shame <07036>, and satiated <07200> with my affliction <06040>.
16If I lift <01342> myself up <01342>, you hunt <06679> me as a fierce lion <07826>, and again <07725> you display <06381> your power <06381> against me.
17You bring new <02318> witnesses <05707> against <05048> me, and increase <07235> your anger <03708> against me <05978>; relief <02487> troops <06635> come <05973> against me.
18“Why <04100> then did you bring <03318> me out <03318> from the womb <07358>? I should have died <01478> and no <03808> eye <05869> would have seen <07200> me!
19I should have been <01961> as though I had never <03808> existed; I should have been <01961> carried <02986> right from the womb <0990> to the grave <06913>!
20Are not <03808> my days <03117> few <04592>? Cease <02308>, then, and leave me alone <04480> <07896>, that I may find a little <04592> comfort <01082>,
21before <02962> I depart <01980>, never <03808> to return <07725>, to <0413> the land <0776> of darkness <02822> and the deepest shadow <06757>,
22to the land <0776> of utter darkness <05890>, like <03644> the deepest darkness <0652>, and the deepest shadow <06757> and disorder <05468> <03808>, where even the light <03313> is like <03644> darkness <0652>.”