10:1 My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
10:2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
10:3 [Is it] good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
10:4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
10:5 [Are] thy days as the days of man? [are] thy years as man’s days,
10:6 That thou inquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?
10:7 Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and [there is] none that can deliver out of thine hand.
10:8 Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
10:9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
10:10 Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
10:11 Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.
10:12 Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.
10:13 And these [things] hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this [is] with thee.
10:14 If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
10:15 If I be wicked, woe unto me; and [if] I be righteous, [yet] will I not lift up my head. [I am] full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;
10:16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.
10:17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war [are] against me.
10:18 Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!
10:19 I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
10:20 [Are] not my days few? cease [then, and] let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
10:21 Before I go [whence] I shall not return, [even] to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
10:22 A land of darkness, as darkness [itself; and] of the shadow of death, without any order, and [where] the light [is] as darkness.
11:1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
11:2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?
11:3 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
11:4 For thou hast said, My doctrine [is] pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.
11:5 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
11:6 And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that [they are] double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee [less] than thine iniquity [deserveth].
11:7 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?
11:8 [It is] as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?
11:9 The measure thereof [is] longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
11:10 If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
11:11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider [it]?
11:12 For vain man would be wise, though man be born [like] a wild ass’s colt.
11:13 If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
11:14 If iniquity [be] in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
11:15 For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:
11:16 Because thou shalt forget [thy] misery, [and] remember [it] as waters [that] pass away:
11:17 And [thine] age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
11:18 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig [about thee, and] thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
11:19 Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make [thee] afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.
11:20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope [shall be as] the giving up of the ghost.