Verse
KJV
King James Version
WEB
World English Bible
My soul is weary of my life; I will leave
my complaint upon
myself;
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
"
My soul is weary of my life; I will give
free
course
to
my complaint .
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
I will say
unto
God, Do not condemn me ;
shew
me wherefore
thou
contendest
with me.
I will tell
God, '
Do not condemn me ,
Show
me why
you
contend
with me.
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?
Is it good to
you
that you
should
oppress, That you
should
despise the work of your
hands, And smile
on
the counsel of the wicked?
Hast
thou
eyes of flesh? or seest
thou
as man seeth
?
Do
you
have
eyes of flesh? Or do
you
see
as man sees
?
Are thy
days as the days of man?
are
thy
years as man's days
,
Are your
days as the days of mortals,
Or
your
years as man's years
,
That thou
enquirest
after mine
iniquity, and searchest
after my sin?
That you
inquire
after my
iniquity, And search
after my sin?
Thou
knowest
that I am not wicked ;
and
there is none
that
can deliver out of thine
hand.
Although
you
know
that I am not wicked ,
There is no
one
who
can deliver out of your
hand.
Thine
hands have made
me and fashioned me together
round
about
; yet thou
dost
destroy me.
'Your
hands have framed
me and fashioned me altogether
; Yet you
destroy me.
Remember, I beseech
thee
, that thou
hast
made
me as the
clay ;
and
wilt
thou
bring me into dust again?
Remember, I beg
you
, that you
have
fashioned
me as clay .
Will
you
bring me into dust again?
Hast
thou
not
poured me out as
milk, and curdled me like cheese?
Haven't
you
poured me out like
milk, And curdled me like cheese?
Thou
hast
clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast
fenced
me with bones and sinews.
You
have
clothed me with skin and flesh, And knit
me together
with bones and sinews.
Thou
hast
granted me life and favour,
and
thy
visitation hath
preserved my spirit.
You
have
granted me life and loving
kindness.
Your
visitation has
preserved my spirit.
And
these things hast
thou
hid
in thine
heart :
I know that this is with thee.
Yet
you
hid
these things in your
heart .
I know that this is with you:
If I sin, then thou
markest
me ,
and
thou
wilt
not acquit me from mine
iniquity.
If I sin, then you
mark
me .
You
will
not acquit me from my
iniquity.
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 ;
If I am
wicked, woe to
me .
If I am
righteous, I still
shall
not lift up my head ,
Being
filled
with
disgrace,
And
conscious
of my
affliction .
For
it
increaseth.
Thou
huntest
me as
a fierce
lion :
and
again thou
shewest
thyself
marvellous
upon
me.
If
my
head
is
held
high,
you
hunt
me like
a lion .
Again you
show
yourself
powerful
to
me.
Thou
renewest
thy
witnesses against me, and increasest
thine
indignation upon
me ;
changes and war
are against
me.
You
renew
your
witnesses against me, And increase
your
indignation on
me .
Changes and warfare
are with
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 !
"'Why,
then ,
have
you
brought me forth out of the womb? I wish
I
had given up the spirit
, 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,
Aren't
my days few? Cease then, Leave
me alone, that I may find
a little comfort
,
Before I go whence
I shall not return, even
to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
Before I go where
I shall not return from
, To the land of darkness and of
the shadow of death;
A
land of
darkness,
as darkness
itself;
and
of the shadow of death, without any order, and
where the light is as darkness
.
The
land dark
as midnight,
Of the shadow of death, without any order, Where the light is as midnight
. '"
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