My soul{H5315} is weary{H5354}{(H8804)} of my life{H2416}; I will leave{H5800}{(H8799)} my complaint{H7879} upon myself; I will speak{H1696}{(H8762)} in the bitterness{H4751} of my soul{H5315}.

I will say{H559}{(H8799)} unto God{H433}, Do not condemn{H7561}{(H8686)} me; shew{H3045}{(H8685)} me wherefore thou contendest{H7378}{(H8799)} with me.

Is it good{H2895}{(H8804)} unto thee that thou shouldest oppress{H6231}{(H8799)}, that thou shouldest despise{H3988}{(H8799)} the work{H3018} of thine hands{H3709}, and shine{H3313}{(H8689)} upon the counsel{H6098} of the wicked{H7563}?

Hast thou eyes{H5869} of flesh{H1320}? or seest{H7200}{(H8799)} thou as man{H582} seeth{H7200}{(H8800)}?

Are thy days{H3117} as the days{H3117} of man{H582}? are thy years{H8141} as man's{H1397} days{H3117},

That thou enquirest{H1245}{(H8762)} after mine iniquity{H5771}, and searchest{H1875}{(H8799)} after my sin{H2403}?

Thou knowest{H1847} that I am not wicked{H7561}{(H8799)}; and there is none that can deliver{H5337}{(H8688)} out of thine hand{H3027}.

Thine hands{H3027} have made{H6087}{(H8765)} me and fashioned{H6213}{(H8799)} me together{H3162} round about{H5439}; yet thou dost destroy{H1104}{(H8762)} me.

Remember{H2142}{(H8798)}, I beseech thee, that thou hast made{H6213}{(H8804)} me as the clay{H2563}; and wilt thou bring{H7725} me into dust{H6083} again{H7725}{(H8686)}?

Hast thou not poured me out{H5413}{(H8686)} as milk{H2461}, and curdled{H7087}{(H8686)} me like cheese{H1385}?

Thou hast clothed{H3847}{(H8686)} me with skin{H5785} and flesh{H1320}, and hast fenced{H7753}{(H8787)} me with bones{H6106} and sinews{H1517}.

Thou hast granted{H6213}{(H8804)} me life{H2416} and favour{H2617}, and thy visitation{H6486} hath preserved{H8104}{(H8804)} my spirit{H7307}.

And these things hast thou hid{H6845}{(H8804)} in thine heart{H3824}: I know{H3045}{(H8804)} that this is with thee.

If I sin{H2398}{(H8804)}, then thou markest{H8104}{(H8804)} me, and thou wilt not acquit{H5352}{(H8762)} me from mine iniquity{H5771}.

If I be wicked{H7561}{(H8804)}, woe{H480} unto me; and if I be righteous{H6663}{(H8804)}, yet will I not lift up{H5375}{(H8799)} my head{H7218}. I am full{H7649} of confusion{H7036}; therefore see{H7202}{(H8798)}{(H8676)}{H7200}{(H8798)} thou mine affliction{H6040};

For it increaseth{H1342}{(H8799)}. Thou huntest{H6679}{(H8799)} me as a fierce lion{H7826}: and again{H7725}{(H8799)} thou shewest thyself marvellous{H6381}{(H8691)} upon me.

Thou renewest{H2318}{(H8762)} thy witnesses{H5707} against me, and increasest{H7235}{(H8686)} thine indignation{H3708} upon me{H5978}; changes{H2487} and war{H6635} are against me.

Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth{H3318}{(H8689)} out of the womb{H7358}? Oh that I had given up the ghost{H1478}{(H8799)}, and no eye{H5869} had seen{H7200}{(H8799)} me!

I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried{H2986}{(H8714)} from the womb{H990} to the grave{H6913}.

Are not my days{H3117} few{H4592}? cease{H2308}{(H8798)}{(H8675)}{H2308}{(H8799)} then, and let me alone{H7896}{(H8798)}{(H8675)}{H7896}{(H8799)}, that I may take comfort{H1082}{(H8686)} a little{H4592},

Before I go{H3212}{(H8799)} whence I shall not return{H7725}{(H8799)}, even to the land{H776} of darkness{H2822} and the shadow of death{H6757};

A land{H776} of darkness{H5890}, as darkness{H652} itself; and of the shadow of death{H6757}, without any order{H5468}, and where the light{H3313}{(H8686)} is as darkness{H652}.