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Job 10 (CEV)

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¹ I am sick of life! And from my deep despair, I complain to you, my God. ² Don't just condemn me! Point out my sin. ³ Why do you take such delight in destroying those you created and in smiling on sinners? ⁴ Do you look at things the way we humans do? ⁵ Is your life as short as ours? ⁶ Is that why you are so quick to find fault with me? ⁷ You know I am innocent, but who can defend me against you? ⁸ Will you now destroy someone you created? ⁹ Remember that you molded me like a piece of clay. So don't turn me back into dust once again. ¹⁰ As cheese is made from milk, you created my body from a tiny drop. ¹¹ Then you tied my bones together with muscles and covered them with flesh and skin. ¹² You, the source of my life, showered me with kindness and watched over me. ¹³ You have not explained all of your mysteries, ¹⁴ but you catch and punish me each time I sin. ¹⁵ Guilty or innocent, I am condemned and ashamed because of my troubles. ¹⁶ No matter how hard I try, you keep hunting me down like a powerful lion. ¹⁷ You never stop accusing me; you become furious and attack over and over again. ¹⁸ Why did you let me be born? I would rather have died before birth ¹⁹ and been carried to the grave without ever breathing. ²⁰ I have only a few days left. Why don't you leave me alone? Let me find some relief, ²¹ before I travel to the land ²² of darkness and despair, the place of no return.