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My soul is weary of my life; I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul

10:002

I will say unto G-d: Do not condemn me; make me know wherefore Thou contendest with me

10:003

Is it good unto Thee that Thou shouldest oppress, that Thou shouldest despise the work of Thy hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked

10:004

Hast Thou eyes of flesh? or seest Thou as man seeth

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Are Thy days as the days of man, or Thy years as a man's days

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That Thou inquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin

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Although Thou knowest that I shall not be condemned; and there is none that can deliver out of Thy hand

10:008

Thy hands have framed me and fashioned me together round about; yet Thou dost destroy me

10:009

Remember, I beseech Thee, that Thou hast fashioned me as clay; and wilt Thou bring me into dust again

10:010

Hast Thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese

10:011

Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews

10:012

Thou hast granted me life and favour, and Thy providence hath preserved my spirit

10:013

Yet these things Thou didst hide in Thy heart; I know that this is with Thee

10:014

If I sin, then Thou markest me, and Thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity

10:015

If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet shall I not lift up my head--being filled with ignominy and looking upon mine affliction

10:016

And if it exalt itself, Thou huntest me as a lion; and again Thou showest Thyself marvellous upon me

10:017

Thou renewest Thy witnesses against me, and increasest Thine indignation upon me; host succeeding host against me

10:018

Wherefore then hast Thou brought me forth out of the womb? Would that I had perished, and no eye had seen me

10:019

I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave

10:020

Are not my days few? Cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little

10:021

Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death

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A land of thick darkness, as darkness itself; a land of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness