American Standard Version of 1901
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My soul is weary of my life;I will give free course to my complaint;I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
I will say unto God, Do not condemn me;Show me wherefore thou contendest with me.
Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress,That thou shouldest despise the {Hebrew: labor.}work of thy hands,And shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
Hast thou eyes of flesh?Or seest thou as man seeth?
Are thy days as the days of man,Or thy years as man's days,
That thou inquirest after mine iniquity,And searchest after my sin,
Although thou knowest that I am not wicked,And there is none that can deliver out of thy hand?
Thy hands have framed me and fashioned meTogether round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast fashioned me as clay;And wilt thou bring me into dust again?
Hast thou not poured me out as milk,And curdled me like cheese?
Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh,And knit me together with bones and sinews.
Thou hast granted me life and lovingkindness;And thy {Or, care}visitation hath {Or, I am filled with ignominy, but look thou…for it increaseth: thou &c.}preserved my spirit.
Yet these things thou didst hide in thy heart;I know that this is with thee:
If I sin, then thou markest me,And thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
If I be wicked, woe unto me;And if I be righteous, yet shall I not lift up my head;Being filled with ignominy,And looking upon mine affliction.
And if my head exalt itself, thou huntest me as a lion;And again thou showest thyself marvellous upon me.
Thou renewest thy witnesses against me,And increasest thine indignation upon me: {Or, Host after host is against me}Changes and warfare are with me.
{Greek: Judas.}Jude, a {Greek: bondservant.}servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of {Or Jacob}James, {Or, to them that are beloved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ, being called}to them that are called, beloved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ:
Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why didst thou make me thus?
I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear;But now mine eye seeth thee:
Wherefore I {Or, loathe my words}abhor myself,And repent in dust and ashes.
For he doth not afflict {Hebrew: from his heart.}willingly, nor grieve the children of men.
And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
For thou didst form my {Hebrew: reins.}inward parts:Thou didst {Or, knit me together}cover me in my mother's womb.
My frame was not hidden from thee,When I was made in secret,And curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.