10:1 “I 1 am weary 2 of my life;
I will complain without restraint; 3
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
10:2 I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn 4 me;
tell me 5 why you are contending 6 with me.’
10:3 Is it good for you 7 to oppress, 8
to 9 despise the work of your hands,
while 10 you smile 11
on the schemes of the wicked?
10:4 “Do you have eyes of flesh, 12
or do you see 13 as a human being sees? 14
10:5 Are your days like the days of a mortal,
or your years like the years 15 of a mortal,
10:6 that 16 you must search out 17 my iniquity,
and inquire about my sin,
10:7 although you know 18 that I am not guilty,
and that there is no one who can deliver 19
out of your hand?
10:8 “Your hands have shaped 20 me and made me,
but 21 now you destroy me completely. 22
10:9 Remember that you have made me as with 23 the clay;
will 24 you return me to dust?
10:10 Did you not pour 25 me out like milk,
and curdle 26 me like cheese? 27
10:11 You clothed 28 me with skin and flesh
and knit me together 29 with bones and sinews.
10:12 You gave me 30 life and favor, 31
and your intervention 32 watched over my spirit.
10:13 “But these things 33 you have concealed in your heart;
I know that this 34 is with you: 35
10:14 If I sinned, then you would watch me
and you would not acquit me of my iniquity.
10:15 If I am guilty, 36 woe 37 to me,
and if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head; 38
I am full of shame, 39
and satiated with my affliction. 40