Job 10
International Children’s Bible
10 “I hate my own life.
So I will complain without holding back.
And I will speak because I am so unhappy.
2 I will say to God: Do not hold me guilty.
But tell me what you have against me.
3 Does it make you happy to trouble me?
Don’t you care about me, the work of your own hands?
Are you happy with the plans of evil people?
4 Do you have human eyes?
Do you see as a man sees?
5 Are your days like the days of man?
Are your years like the years of a man?
6 You look for evil I have done
and search for my sin.
7 But you know I am not guilty.
And you know no one can save me from your power.
8 “Your hands shaped me and made me.
But now you turn around and destroy me.
9 Remember that you molded me like a piece of clay.
Now will you turn me back into dust?
10 You formed me in my mother’s womb
as cheese is formed from milk.
11 You put skin and flesh on me like clothing.
You sewed me together with bones and muscles.
12 You gave me life and showed me kindness.
And in your care you watched over my life.
13 “But in your heart you hid other plans.
I know this is what was in your mind:
14 If I sinned, you would be watching me.
You would not let my sin go unpunished.
15 How terrible it will be for me if I am guilty!
But even if I am right, I cannot lift my head.
I am full of shame.
It is as if I am drowning in my pain.
16 If I hold up my head, you hunt me like a lion.
And again you show your terrible power against me.
17 You bring new witnesses against me.
You increase your anger against me.
Your armies come against me like waves of the sea.
18 “So why did you allow me to be born?
I wish I had died before anyone saw me.
19 I wish I had never been born.
Or I wish I had been carried straight from birth to the grave!
20 My few days of life are almost over.
Leave me alone so I can have a moment of joy.
21 Soon I will leave and not return.
I will go to the land of darkness and gloom.
22 It is the land of darkest night.
It is the land of gloom and confusion.
Even the light is darkness there.”
Job 10
Names of God Bible
Job Says to God: I Hate My Life
10 “I hate my life.
I will freely express my complaint.
I will speak as bitterly as I feel.
2 I will say to Eloah,
‘Don’t condemn me.
Let me know why you are quarreling with me.
3 What do you gain by mistreating me,
by rejecting the work of your hands
while you favor the plans of the wicked?
4 Do you actually have human eyes?
Do you see as a mortal sees?
5 Are your days like a mortal’s days?
Are your years like a human’s years?
6 Is that why you look for guilt in me
and search for sin in me?
7 You know I’m not guilty,
but there is no one to rescue me from your hands.
8 “‘Your hands formed me and made every part of me,
then you turned to destroy me.[a]
9 Please remember that you made me out of clay
and that you will return me to the dust again.
10 Didn’t you pour me out like milk
and curdle me like cheese?
11 Didn’t you dress me in skin and flesh
and weave me together with bones and tendons?
12 You gave me life and mercy.
Your watchfulness has preserved my spirit.
13 But in your heart you hid these things.
I know this is what you did.
14 “‘If I sin, you watch me
and will not free me from my guilt.
15 How terrible it will be for me if I’m guilty!
Even if I’m righteous, I dare not lift up my head.
I am filled with disgrace
while I look on my misery.
16 Like a proud, ferocious lion you hunt me down.
You keep working your miracles against me.[b]
17 You keep finding new witnesses against me.
You keep increasing your anger toward me.
You keep bringing new armies against me.
18 “‘Why did you take me out of the womb?
I wish I had breathed my last breath
before anyone had laid eyes on me.
19 Then it would be as if I had never existed,
as if I had been carried from the womb to the tomb.
20 “‘Isn’t my life short enough?
So stop this, and leave me alone.
Let me smile a little
21 before I go away
to a land of darkness and gloom,
22 to a dismal land of long shadows and confusion
where light is as bright as darkness.
I’ll never return.’”
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