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10 “I ·hate [am disgusted with] my life,
    so I will ·complain without holding back [L abandon myself to my sighs];
    I will speak ·because I am so unhappy [L in my bitterness].
I will say to God: Do not ·hold [declare] me guilty,
    but tell me ·what you have against [why you accuse] me.
·Does it make you happy [or Is it right for you] to ·trouble [oppress] me?
    ·Don’t you care about [L Must you despise] me, the work of your hands?
    ·Are you happy with [or Do you favor] the plans of evil people?
Do you have ·human eyes [L eyes of flesh]
    that see ·as we see [L with human vision]?
Are your days like the days of humans,
    and your years like our years?
[L For] You ·look for the evil I have done [L investigate my transgression]
    and search for my sin.
You know I am not guilty,
    but no one can ·save [rescue] me from your ·power [L hand].

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Job Despairs of God’s Dealings

10 [a](A)I am disgusted with my own life;
I will express (B)my complaint freely;
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
I will say to God, ‘(C)Do not condemn me;
Let me know why You contend with me.
Is it [b]right for You indeed to (D)oppress,
To reject (E)the work of Your hands,
And [c]to look favorably on (F)the plan of the wicked?
Do You have eyes of flesh?
Or do You (G)see as mankind sees?
Are Your days like the days of a mortal,
Or (H)Your years like a man’s year,
That (I)You should search for my guilt
And carefully seek my sin?
According to Your knowledge (J)I am indeed not guilty,
Yet there is (K)no one to save me from Your hand.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 10:1 Lit My soul loathes
  2. Job 10:3 Lit good
  3. Job 10:3 Lit You shine forth