Is it a pleasure for you to oppress, to spurn the work of your hands, and shine on the plan of the wicked?
Your hands have formed me and fashioned me; will you then turn and destroy me?
You would call, and I would answer you; you would long for the work of your hands.
So that you turn your anger against God and let such words escape your mouth!
God has given me over to the impious; into the hands of the wicked he has cast me.
Know then that it is God who has dealt unfairly with me, and compassed me round with his net.
Their happiness is not in their own hands. The designs of the wicked are far from me!
Yet he had filled their houses with good things. The designs of the wicked are far from me!
As God lives, who takes away my right, the Almighty, who has made my life bitter,
You have turned into my tormentor, and with your strong hand you attack me.
Did not he who made me in the belly make him? Did not the same One fashion us in the womb?
For the spirit of God made me, the breath of the Almighty keeps me alive.
Will one who argues with the Almighty be corrected? Let him who would instruct God give answer!
Would you refuse to acknowledge my right? Would you condemn me that you may be justified?
Behold, God will not cast away the upright; neither will he take the hand of the wicked.
It is all one! therefore I say: Both the innocent and the wicked he destroys.
The earth is given into the hands of the wicked; he covers the faces of its judges. If it is not he, who then is it?
Know that the Lord is God, he made us, we belong to him, we are his people, the flock he shepherds.
The Lord is with me to the end. Lord, your mercy endures forever. Never forsake the work of your hands!
“See, you lowly ones, and be glad; you who seek God, take heart!
Do not be so very angry, Lord, do not remember our crimes forever; look upon us, who are all your people!
As a result, those who suffer in accord with God’s will hand their souls over to a faithful creator as they do good.