1 Since I have lost all taste for life, I shall give free rein to my complaining; I shall let my embittered soul speak out.
2 I shall say to God, 'Do not condemn me, tell me what your case is against me.
3 Is it right for you to attack me, in contempt for what you yourself have made, thus abetting the schemes of the wicked?
4 Are your eyes mere human eyes, do you see as human beings see?
5 Are you mortal like human beings? do your years pass as human days pass?
6 You, who enquire into my faults and investigate my sins,
7 you know very well that I am innocent, and that no one can rescue me from your grasp.
8 Your hands having shaped and created me, now you change your mind and mean to destroy me!
9 Having made me, remember, as though of clay, now you mean to turn me back into dust!
10 Did you not pour me out like milk, and then let me thicken like curds,
11 clothe me with skin and flesh, and weave me of bone and sinew?
12 In your love you gave me life, and in your care watched over my every breath.
13 Yet, all the while, you had a secret plan: I know that you were biding your time
14 to see if I should sin and then not acquit me of my faults.
15 Woe to me, if I am guilty; even if I am upright, I dare not lift my head, so overwhelmed with shame and drunk with pain am I!
16 Proud as a lion, you hunt me down, multiplying your exploits at my expense,
17 attacking me again and again, your fury against me ever increasing, your troops assailing me, wave after wave.
18 Why did you bring me out of the womb? I should have perished then, unseen by any eye,
19 a being that had never been, to be carried from womb to grave.
20 The days of my life are few enough: turn your eyes away, leave me a little joy,
21 before I go to the place of no return, to the land of darkness and shadow dark as death,
22 where dimness and disorder hold sway, and light itself is like dead of night.
Versículos relacionados com Job, 10:
In Job chapter 10, he continues to regret his situation and question God about why he is suffering so much. He feels wronged and helpless, and calls for God for answers. The verses related to these themes are:
Psalm 22:1: "My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Why are you so far from saving me so far from my screams of anguish?" This verse portrays the pain of feeling abandoned by God in the midst of suffering, the same feeling that Job expressed in chapter 10.
Psalm 88:3-4: "My soul is saturated with evils, and my life is on the edge of sheol. I am counted among those who come down to the grave; I am like a man without strength." This psalm also expresses the feeling of helplessness and deep sadness in the midst of pain, which Job feels.
Isaiah 45:9: "Woe to the one who contains with his Creator! He is like a shard among other clay shards. Can the clay say to the potter: 'What are you doing?' Or: 'Your work has no handle '? " This verse refers to the fact that God is sovereign and should not be questioned or contested by his creation, which is a point that Job needed to learn.
Romans 9:20: "But who are you, O man, to question God? Creation should not question its Creator and must trust his sovereignty, a lesson that Job needed to learn.
Philippians 4:6-7: "Don't worry about anything, but in all prayers ask God what you need and always pray with a grateful heart. And the peace of God, that no one can understand, will keep the heart and the Mind of you, for you are united with Christ Jesus. " This verse emphasizes the importance of prayer and trust in God in the midst of adversity, something that Job also demonstrates by crying out for answers and help.
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