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Job 10:1-13

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Job Despairs of God’s Dealings

1“I am disgusted with my own life;

I will express my complaint freely;

I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

2“I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me;

Let me know why You contend with me.

3‘Is it right for You indeed to oppress,

To reject the work of Your hands,

And to look favorably on the plan of the wicked?

4‘Do You have eyes of flesh?

Or do You see as mankind sees?

5‘Are Your days like the days of a mortal,

Or Your years like a man’s year,

6That You should search for my guilt

And carefully seek my sin?

7‘According to Your knowledge I am indeed not guilty,

Yet there is no one to save me from Your hand.

8‘Your hands fashioned and made me altogether,

Yet would You destroy me?

9‘Remember that You have made me as clay;

Yet would You turn me into dust again?

10‘Did You not pour me out like milk,

And curdle me like cheese,

11Clothe me with skin and flesh,

And intertwine me with bones and tendons?

12‘You have granted me life and goodness;

And Your care has guarded my spirit.

13‘Yet You have concealed these things in Your heart;

I know that this is within You: