Job 10 – Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Job Cries Out to God

1 “My soul ^H5315 is loathed ^H6962 by my life ^H2416;

I will abandon ^H5800 all restraint in myself ^H5800 H5921 to my complaint ^H7879;

I will speak ^H1696 in the bitterness ^H4751 of my soul ^H5315.

2 “I will say ^H559 to God ^H433, ‘Do not account ^H7561 me as wicked ^H7561;

Let me know ^H3045 why ^H5921 H4100 You contend ^H7378 with me.

3 ‘Is it good ^H2896 to You that ^H3588 You oppress ^H6231,

That You reject ^H3988 the labor ^H3018 of Your hands ^H3709,

And [fn]cause the counsel ^H6098 of the wicked ^H7563 to shine ^H3313 forth ^H3313?

4 ‘Have You eyes ^H5869 of flesh ^H1320?

Or ^H518 do You see ^H7200 as a mortal ^H582 man ^H582 sees ^H7200?

5 ‘Are Your days ^H3117 as the days ^H3117 of a mortal ^H582 man ^H582,

Or ^H518 Your years ^H8141 as man’s ^H1397 years ^H3117,

6 That You should seek ^H1245 for my guilt ^H5771

And search ^H1875 after my sin ^H2403?

7 ‘According ^H5921 to Your knowledge ^H1847 I am ^H7561 indeed ^H3588 not wicked ^H7561,

Yet there ^H369 is ^H369 no ^H369 [fn]deliverer ^H5337 from Your hand ^H3027.

8 ‘Your hands ^H3027 fashioned ^H6087 and made ^H6213 me [fn]altogether ^H3162 H5439,

And would You swallow ^H1104 me up?

9 ‘Remember ^H2142 now ^H4994, that You have made ^H6213 me as clay ^H2563;

And would You turn ^H7725 me into dust ^H6083 again ^H7725?

10 ‘Did You not pour ^H5413 me out ^H5413 like milk ^H2461

And curdle ^H7087 me like cheese ^H1385,

11 Clothe ^H3847 me with skin ^H5785 and flesh ^H1320,

And knit ^H5526 me together ^H5526 with bones ^H6106 and sinews ^H1517?

12 ‘You have made ^H6213 alongside me life ^H2416 and lovingkindness ^H2617;

And Your care ^H6486 has kept ^H8104 my spirit ^H7307.

13 ‘Yet these ^H428 things ^H428 You have concealed ^H6845 in Your heart ^H3824;

I know ^H3045 that this ^H2088 is within ^H5973 You:

14 If ^H518 I sin ^H2398, then You would take ^H8104 note ^H8104 of me

And would not acquit ^H5352 me of my guilt ^H5771.

15 ‘If ^H518 I am ^H7561 wicked ^H7561, woe ^H480 to me!

And if I am ^H6663 righteous ^H6663, I dare not lift ^H5375 up ^H5375 my head ^H7218.

I am sated ^H7649 with disgrace ^H7036—so see ^H7202 my misery ^H6040!

16 ‘Should my head be set ^H1342 on high ^H1342, You would hunt ^H6679 me like a lion ^H7826;

And again ^H7725 You would show ^H6381 Your wonders ^H6381 against me.

17 ‘You renew ^H2318 Your witnesses ^H5707 against ^H5048 me

And increase ^H7235 Your vexation ^H3708 toward ^H5973 me;

[fn]Hardship ^H2487 after hardship ^H6635 is with me.

18 ‘Why ^H4100 then have You brought ^H3318 me out ^H3318 of the womb ^H7358?

Would that I had breathed ^H1478 my last ^H1478 and no ^H3808 eye ^H5869 had seen ^H7200 me!

19 ‘I should have been ^H1961 as though ^H834 I had not been ^H1961,

Carried ^H2986 from womb ^H990 to tomb ^H6913.’

20 “Would He not cease ^H2308 for a few ^H4592 of my days ^H3117?

[fn]Withdraw ^H7896 from me that I may have ^H1082 a little ^H4592 cheer ^H1082

21 Before ^H2962 I go ^H1980—and I shall not return ^H7725—

To the land ^H776 of darkness ^H2822 and shadow ^H6757 of death ^H6757,

22 The land ^H776 of utter ^H5890 gloom ^H5890 as the thick ^H652 darkness ^H652 itself,

Of the shadow ^H6757 of death ^H6757, without ^H3808 order ^H5468,

And which shines ^H3313 as the thick ^H652 darkness ^H652.”