Job 10:8-22

¶‘Your hands have formed and made me altogether. Would You [turn around and] destroy me? ‘Remember now, that You have made me as clay; So will You turn me into dust again? ‘Have You not poured me out like milk And curdled me like cheese? ‘[You have] clothed me with skin and flesh, And knit me together with bones and sinews. ‘You have granted me life and lovingkindness; And Your providence (divine care, supervision) has preserved my spirit. ‘Yet these [present evils] You have hidden in Your heart [since my creation]: I know that this was within You [in Your purpose and thought]. ‘If I sin, then You would take note and observe me, And You would not acquit me of my guilt. ‘If I am wicked, woe to me [for judgment comes]! And if I am righteous, I dare not lift up my head. For I am sated and filled with disgrace and the sight of my misery. ‘Should I lift my head up, You would hunt me like a lion; And again You would show Your marvelous power against me. ‘You renew Your witnesses against me And increase Your indignation and anger toward me; Hardship after hardship is with me [attacking me time after time]. ¶‘Why then did You bring me out of the womb? Would that I had perished and no eye had seen me! ‘I should have been as though I had not existed; [I should have been] carried from the womb to the grave.’ “Would He not let my few days alone, Withdraw from me that I may have a little cheer Before I go—and I shall not return— To the land of darkness and the deep shadow [of death], The [sunless] land of utter gloom as darkness itself, [The land] of the shadow of death, without order, And [where] it shines as [thick] darkness.”