Job Despairs of God’s Dealings
“1aI loathe my own life;I will give full vent to bmy complaint;I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.Lit My soul loathesJob 7:16Job 7:112 “I will say to God, ‘aDo not condemn me;Let me know why You contend with me.Job 9:293 ‘Is it 1right for You indeed to aoppress,To reject bthe labor of Your hands,And 2to look favorably on cthe schemes of the wicked?Lit goodLit You shine forthJob 9:22-24; 16:11; 19:6; 27:2Job 10:8; 14:15; Ps 138:8; Is 64:8Job 21:16; 22:184 ‘Have You eyes of flesh?Or do You asee as a man sees?1 Sam 16:7; Job 28:24; 34:215 ‘Are Your days as the days of a mortal,Or aYour years as man’s years,Job 36:266 That aYou should seek for my guiltAnd search after my sin?Job 14:167 ‘According to Your knowledge aI am indeed not guilty,Yet there is bno deliverance from Your hand.Job 9:21; 13:18Job 9:12; 23:13; 27:22
8 ‘aYour hands fashioned and made me 1altogether,bAnd would You destroy me?Lit together round aboutJob 10:3; Ps 119:73Job 9:229 ‘Remember now, that You have made me as aclay;And would You bturn me into dust again?Job 4:19; 33:6Job 7:2110 ‘Did You not pour me out like milkAnd curdle me like cheese;11 Clothe me with skin and flesh,And knit me together with bones and sinews?12 ‘You have agranted me life and lovingkindness;And Your care has preserved my spirit.Job 33:413 ‘Yet athese things You have concealed in Your heart;I know that this is within You:Job 23:1314 If I sin, then You would atake note of me,And bwould not acquit me of my guilt.Job 7:20Job 7:21; 9:2815 ‘If aI am wicked, woe to me!And bif I am righteous, I dare not lift up my head.I am sated with disgrace and 1conscious of my misery.Lit seeJob 10:7; Is 3:11Job 6:2916 ‘Should my head be lifted up, aYou would hunt me like a lion;And again You would show Your bpower against me.Is 38:13; Lam 3:10; Hos 13:7Job 5:917 ‘You renew aYour witnesses against meAnd increase Your anger toward me;1bHardship after hardship is with me.Lit Changes and warfare are with meRuth 1:21; Job 16:8Job 7:1
18 ‘aWhy then have You brought me out of the womb?Would that I had died and no eye had seen me!Job 3:11-1319 ‘I should have been as though I had not been,Carried from womb to tomb.’20 “Would He not let amy few days alone?1bWithdraw from me that I may have a little cheerLit PutJob 14:1Job 7:16, 1921 Before I go—aand I shall not return—bTo the land of darkness and cdeep shadow,2 Sam 12:23; Job 3:13-19; 16:22Ps 88:12Job 10:22; 34:22; 38:17; Ps 23:422 The land of utter gloom as darkness itself,Of deep shadow without order,And which shines as the darkness.”