¹ My soul is weary of my life I will leave my complaint on myself I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. ² I will say to God, Do not condemn me; show me why you contendest with me. ³ Is it good to you that you should oppress, that you should despise the work of your hands, and shine on the counsel of the wicked? ⁴ have you eyes of flesh? or see you as man sees? ⁵ Are your days as the days of man? are your years as man's days, ⁶ That you enquires after mine iniquity, and searches after my sin? ⁷ you know that I am not wicked and there is none that can deliver out of your hand. ⁸ Your hands have made me and fashioned me together round about yet you do destroy me. ⁹ Remember, I beg you, that you have made me as the clay; and will you bring me into dust again? ¹⁰ have you not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese? ¹¹ you have clothed me with skin and flesh, and have fenced me with bones and sinews. ¹² you have granted me life and favour, and your visitation has preserved my spirit. ¹³ And these things have you hid in your heart: I know that this [is] with you. ¹⁴ If I sin, then you marks me, and you will not acquit me from mine iniquity. ¹⁵ If I be wicked, woe to me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see you mine affliction; ¹⁶ For it increases. you hunts me as a fierce lion: and again you shows yourself marvellous on me. ¹⁷ you renews your witnesses against me, and increasest your indignation on me; changes and war [are] against me. ¹⁸ why then have you brought me forward out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me! ¹⁹ I should have been as even though I had not been I should have been carried from the womb to the grave. ²⁰ Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone , that I may take comfort a little, ²¹ Before I go where I will not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; ²² A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.