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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Job 10 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/job/10.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" 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11">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h5 class="sp">Job Complains to God</h5><h3 class="s1">I Am Sick of Life!</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v18_10_1"><span class="reftext" id="Job.10.1" class="v18_10_1">1</span>I am sick of life!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_10_1">And from my deep despair,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_10_1">I complain to you, my God.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_10_2"><span class="reftext" id="Job.10.2" class="v18_10_2">2</span>Don't just condemn me!</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_10_2">Point out my sin.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_10_3"><span class="reftext" id="Job.10.3" class="v18_10_3">3</span>Why do you take such delight</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_10_3">in destroying those you created</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_10_3">and in smiling on sinners?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_10_4"><span class="reftext" id="Job.10.4" class="v18_10_4">4</span>Do you look at things</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_10_4">the way we humans do?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_10_5"><span class="reftext" id="Job.10.5" class="v18_10_5">5</span>Is your life as short as ours?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_10_6"><span class="reftext" id="Job.10.6" class="v18_10_6">6</span>Is that why you are so quick</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_10_6">to find fault with me?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_10_7"><span class="reftext" id="Job.10.7" class="v18_10_7">7</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Job.10.7!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> You know I am innocent,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_10_7">but who can defend me</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_10_7">against you?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_10_8"><span class="reftext" id="Job.10.8" class="v18_10_8">8</span>Will you now destroy</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_10_8">someone you created?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_10_9"><span class="reftext" id="Job.10.9" class="v18_10_9">9</span>Remember that you molded me</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_10_9">like a piece of clay.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_10_9">So don't turn me back</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_10_9">into dust once again.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_10_10"><span class="reftext" id="Job.10.10" class="v18_10_10">10</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Job.10.10!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> As cheese is made from milk,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_10_10">you created my body</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_10_10">from a tiny drop.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_10_11"><span class="reftext" id="Job.10.11" class="v18_10_11">11</span>Then you tied my bones together</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_10_11">with muscles and covered them</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_10_11">with flesh and skin.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_10_12"><span class="reftext" id="Job.10.12" class="v18_10_12">12</span>You, the source of my life,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_10_12">showered me with kindness</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_10_12">and watched over me.</span></p><h3 class="s1">You Have Not Explained</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v18_10_13"><span class="reftext" id="Job.10.13" class="v18_10_13">13</span>You have not explained</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_10_13">all of your mysteries,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_10_14"><span class="reftext" id="Job.10.14" class="v18_10_14">14</span>but you catch and punish me</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_10_14">each time I sin.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_10_15"><span class="reftext" id="Job.10.15" class="v18_10_15">15</span>Guilty or innocent,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_10_15">I am condemned and ashamed</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_10_15">because of my troubles.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_10_16"><span class="reftext" id="Job.10.16" class="v18_10_16">16</span>No matter how hard I try,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_10_16">you keep hunting me down</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_10_16">like a powerful lion.<a href="#fn" id="link_Job.10.16!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_10_17"><span class="reftext" id="Job.10.17" class="v18_10_17">17</span>You never stop accusing me;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_10_17">you become furious and attack</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_10_17">over and over again.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_10_18"><span class="reftext" id="Job.10.18" class="v18_10_18">18</span>Why did you let me be born?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_10_18">I would rather have died</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_10_18">before birth</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_10_19"><span class="reftext" id="Job.10.19" class="v18_10_19">19</span>and been carried to the grave</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_10_19">without ever breathing.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_10_20"><span class="reftext" id="Job.10.20" class="v18_10_20">20</span>I have only a few days left.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_10_20">Why don't you leave me alone?<a href="#fn" id="link_Job.10.20!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_10_20">Let me find some relief,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_10_20">* </span><span class="v18_10_21"><span class="reftext" id="Job.10.21" class="v18_10_21">21</span>before I travel to the land</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_10_22"><span class="reftext" id="Job.10.22" class="v18_10_22">22</span>of darkness and despair,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_10_22">the place of no return.</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">10.16 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">lion: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 16.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">10.20 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">I have only … alone: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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