Verse
ASV
American Standard Version
KJV
King James Version
My soul is weary of my life; I will give
free
course
to
my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
My soul is weary of my life; I will leave
my complaint upon
myself
; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; Show
me wherefore thou contendest with me.
I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew
me wherefore thou contendest with me.
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?
Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine
hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
Hast thou eyes of flesh? Or seest thou as man seeth?
Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
Are thy days as the days of man ,
Or
thy years as man's days,
Are thy days as the days of man ?
are
thy years as man's days,
That thou inquirest
after mine iniquity, And searchest after my sin ,
That thou enquirest
after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin ?
Although
thou knowest that I am not wicked ,
And there is none that can deliver out of thy
hand ?
Thou knowest that I am not wicked ;
and there is none that can deliver out of thine
hand .
Thy
hands have framed
me and fashioned me Together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
Thine
hands have made
me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast fashioned
me as clay; And wilt thou bring me into dust again?
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made
me as the
clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
Hast thou not poured me out as milk, And curdled me like cheese?
Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, And knit
me together
with bones and sinews.
Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast
fenced
me with bones and sinews.
Thou hast granted me life and lovingkindness;
And thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.
Thou hast granted me life and favour,
and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.
Yet
these things thou didst
hide
in thy
heart ;
I know that this is with thee :
And
these things hast
thou hid
in thine
heart :
I know that this is with thee .
If I sin, then thou markest me, And thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
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 .
If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will
I not lift up my head .
I
am
full
of
confusion
; therefore
see
thou
mine affliction ;
And
if
`my
head'
exalt
itself,
thou huntest me as a lion ;
And again thou showest
thyself marvellous upon me.
For
it
increaseth.
Thou huntest me as a fierce
lion :
and again thou shewest
thyself marvellous upon me.
Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, And increasest thine indignation upon me :
Changes and warfare
are with
me.
Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me ;
changes and war
are against
me.
Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me .
Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh
that
I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me !
I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
Are not my days few? cease then, And let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
Before I go whence I shall not return, `
Even '
to the land of darkness and of
the shadow of death;
Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
The
land dark
as
midnight
, `The
land'
of the shadow of death, without any order, And where the light is as midnight
.
A
land of
darkness
, as
darkness
itself;
and
of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness
.
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