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1 My soul is weary of my life;
I will give free course to my complaint;
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
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2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me;
Show me wherefore thou contendest with me.
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3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress,
That thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands,
And shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
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4 Hast thou eyes of flesh?
Or seest thou as man seeth?
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5 Are thy days as the days of a mortal man,
Or thy years as the days of a strong man,
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6 That thou inquirest after mine iniquity,
And searchest after my sin,
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7 Although thou knowest that I am not wicked,
And there is none that can deliver out of thy hand?
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8 Thy hands have framed me and fashioned me
Together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
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Thine hands – Power. R4519:6*, R4059:2
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9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast fashioned me as clay;
And wilt thou bring me into dust again?
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Hast made me – The "wind" cannot fashion a created organism, but God's invisible creative power can. R4520:1*
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10 Hast thou not poured me out as milk,
And curdled me like cheese?
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11 Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh,
And knit me together with bones and sinews.
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12 Thou hast granted me life and lovingkindness;
And thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.
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13 Yet these things thou didst hide in thy heart;
I know that this is with thee:
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14 If I sin, then thou markest me,
And thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
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15 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.
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16 And if my head exalt itself, thou huntest me as a lion;
And again thou showest thyself marvellous upon me.
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17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me,
And increasest thine indignation upon me:
Changes and warfare are with me.
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18 Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb?
I had given up the breath, and no eye had seen me.
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19 I should have been as though I had not been;
I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
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I had not been – Death, destruction. R1039:6, R1878:6
The wicked (all who, after coming to a clear knowledge of the truth, still wilfully disobey it) shall be cut off in the Second Death. E387
To the grave – Qebar, tomb, the grave. E348
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20 Are not my days few? cease then,
And let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
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21 Before I go whence I shall not return,
Even to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;
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Land of darkness – Instead of a place of blazing fire it is described as a state of "darkness." R2599:2; CR209:2*; HG335:2
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22 The land dark as midnight,
The land of the shadow of death, without any order,
And where the light is as midnight. |
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