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<poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/10-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>‘Do You have eyes<MH5869> of flesh<MH1320>? <t><p class="indent1">Or<MH518> do You see<MH7200> as mankind<MH582> sees<MH7200>? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/10-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>‘Are Your days<MH3117> like the days<MH3117> of a mortal<MH582>, <t><p class="indent1">Or<MH518> Your years<MH8141> like a man’s<MH1397> year<MH3117>, <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/10-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>That You should search<MH1245> for my guilt<MH5771> <t><p class="indent1">And carefully<MH1875> seek<MH1875> my sin<MH2403b>? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/10-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>‘According<MH5921> to Your knowledge<MH1847> I am<MH7561> indeed<MH3588> not guilty<MH7561>, <t><p class="indent1">Yet there<MH369> is<MH369> no<MH369> one<MH5337> to save<MH5337> <i>me</i> from Your hand<MH3027>. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/10-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>‘Your hands<MH3027> fashioned<MH6087b> and made<MH6213a> me <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>altogether<MH3162, 5439>, <t><p class="indent1">Yet would You destroy<MH1104> me? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/10-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>‘Remember<MH2142> that You have made<MH6213a> me as clay<MH2563a>; <t><p class="indent1">Yet would You turn<MH7725> me into dust<MH6083> again<MH7725>? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/10-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>‘Did You not pour<MH5413> me out<MH5413> like milk<MH2461>, <t><p class="indent1">And curdle<MH7087a> me like cheese<MH1385>, <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/10-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Clothe<MH3847> me with skin<MH5785> and flesh<MH1320>, <t><p class="indent1">And intertwine<MH5526b> me with bones<MH6106> and tendons<MH1517>? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/10-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>‘You have granted<MH6213a> me life<MH2425b> and <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[e]</a></span>goodness<MH2617a>; <t><p class="indent1">And Your care<MH6486> has guarded<MH8104> my spirit<MH7307>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/10-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>‘Yet You have concealed<MH6845> these<MH428> things<MH428> in Your heart<MH3824>; <t><p class="indent1">I know<MH3045> that this<MH2088> is within<MH5973> You: <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/10-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>If<MH518> I have sinned<MH2398>, You will take<MH8104> note<MH8104> of me, <t><p class="indent1">And will not acquit<MH5352> me of my guilt<MH5771>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/10-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>‘If<MH518> I am<MH7561> wicked<MH7561>, woe<MH480> to me! <t><p class="indent1">But <i>if</i> I am<MH6663> righteous<MH6663>, I <i>dare</i> not lift<MH5375> up<MH5375> my head<MH7218>. <t><p class="indent1"><i>I am</i> full<MH7649> of shame<MH7036>, and <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[f]</a></span>conscious<MH7202> of my misery<MH6040a>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/10-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>‘And should <i>my head</i> be high<MH1342>, You would hunt<MH6679> me like a lion<MH7826>; <t><p class="indent1">And You would show<MH6381> Your power<MH6381> against me again<MH7725>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/10-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>‘You renew<MH2318> Your witnesses<MH5707> against<MH5048> me <t><p class="indent1">And increase<MH7235a> Your anger<MH3708b> toward<MH5973> me; <t><p class="indent1"><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[g]</a></span>Hardship<MH2487> after hardship<MH6635> is with me. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/10-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>‘Why<MH4100> then did You bring<MH3318> me out<MH3318> of the womb<MH7358>? <t><p class="indent1">If only I had died<MH1478> and no<MH3808> eye<MH5869> had seen<MH7200> me! <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/10-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>‘I should have been<MH1961> as though<MH3512c> I had not been<MH1961>, <t><p class="indent1">Brought<MH2986> from womb<MH990> to tomb<MH6913>.’ <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/10-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“Would He not leave<MH2308> my few<MH4592> days<MH3117> alone<MH2308>? <t><p class="indent1"><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[h]</a></span>Withdraw<MH7896> from me so that I may have<MH1082> a little<MH4592> cheerfulness<MH1082> <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/10-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Before<MH2962> I go<MH1980>—and I shall not return<MH7725>— <t><p class="indent1">To the land<MH776> of darkness<MH2822> and deep<MH6757> shadow<MH6757>, <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/10-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The land<MH776> of utter<MH5890> gloom<MH5890> like<MH3644> darkness<MH652> <i>itself,</i> <t><p class="indent1">Of deep<MH6757> shadow<MH6757> without<MH3808> order<MH5468>, <t><p class="indent1">And it shines<MH3313> like<MH3644> darkness<MH652>.”<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Lit <i>My soul loathes</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> Lit <i>good</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> Lit <i>You shine forth</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">8</span> Lit <i>together round about</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[e]</span> <span class="fnverse">12</span> See Job 1:1-2<br><span class="footnotesbot">[f]</span> <span class="fnverse">15</span> Lit <i>see</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[g]</span> <span class="fnverse">17</span> Lit <i>Changes and warfare are with me</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[h]</span> <span class="fnverse">20</span> Lit <i>Put</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">New American Standard Bible<br>Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020<br>by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. 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