Job 10 - Easy To Read Version

¹ I hate my own life.\par So I will complain freely.\par My soul is very bitter,\par so now I will speak.\par

² I will say to God:\par ‘Don’t blame me!\par Tell me,\par What have I done wrong?\par What do you have against me?\par

³ God, does hurting me make you happy?\par It seems that you don’t care about\par what you made.\par Or maybe you are happy\par with the plans that bad people make?\par

⁴ God, do you have human eyes?\par Do you see things the way people do?\par

⁵ Is your life as short as ours?\par Is your life as short as a man’s life?\par No! \{So how do you know what it’s like?\}\par

⁶ You look for my wrong\par and search for my sin.\par

⁷ You know I am innocent,\par but no one can save me\par from your power!\par

⁸ God, your hands made me\par and shaped my body.\par But now they are closing in on me\par and destroying me!\par

⁹ God, remember, you made me like clay.\par Will you make into clay again?\par

¹⁰ You pour me out like milk.\par You spin me and squeeze me\par like someone making cheese.\par

¹¹ You put me together\par with bones and muscles.\par And then you clothed me\par with skin and flesh.\par

¹² You gave me life\par and were very kind to me.\par You cared for me\par and watched over my spirit.\par

¹³ But this is what you hid in your heart,\par I know this is what you secretly\par planned in your heart.\par Yes, I know this is what was\par in your mind:\par

¹⁴ If I sinned, you would be watching me,\par so you could punish me\par for doing wrong.\par

¹⁵ When I sin, I am guilty\par and it will be very bad for me.\par But I can’t lift up my head\par even when I am innocent!\par I am so ashamed and embarrassed.\par

¹⁶ If I have any success and feel proud,\par you hunt me like a person hunts a lion.\par You again show your power against me.\par

¹⁷ You always have someone\par to prove I am wrong.\par Your will show your anger at me\par again and again in many ways,\par as you send one army after another\par against me.\par

¹⁸ So, God, why did you let me be born?\par I wish I had died before anyone saw me.\par

¹⁹ I wish I had never lived.\par I wish I had been carried\par from my mother’s womb\par straight to the grave.\par

²⁰ My life is almost finished.\par So leave me alone!\par Let me enjoy the little time I have left,\par

²¹ before I go to the place\par that no person comes back from,\par the place of darkness and death.\par

²² \{Let me enjoy the little time I have left\}\par before I go to the place no one can see\par that place of darkness, shadows,\par and confusion.\par In that place even the light is dark.’”\par