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1. "I hate my life, so I will complain without holding back; I will speak because I am so unhappy.
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1. My soul H5315 is weary H5354 of my life H2416 ; I will leave H5800 my complaint H7879 upon H5921 myself ; I will speak H1696 in the bitterness H4751 of my soul H5315 .
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2. I will say to God: Do not hold me guilty, but tell me what you have against me.
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2. I will say H559 unto H413 God H433 , Do not H408 condemn H7561 me; show H3045 me wherefore H5921 H4100 thou contendest H7378 with me.
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3. Does it make you happy to trouble me? Don't you care about me, the work of your hands? Are you happy with the plans of evil people?
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3. Is it good H2896 unto thee that H3588 thou shouldest oppress H6231 , that H3588 thou shouldest despise H3988 the work H3018 of thine hands H3709 , and shine H3313 upon H5921 the counsel H6098 of the wicked H7563 ?
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4. Do you have human eyes that see as we see?
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4. Hast thou eyes H5869 of flesh H1320 ? or H518 seest H7200 thou as man H582 seeth H7200 ?
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5. Are your days like the days of humans, and your years like our years?
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5. Are thy days H3117 as the days H3117 of man H582 ? are thy years H8141 as man H1397 's days H3117 ,
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6. You look for the evil I have done and search for my sin.
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6. That H3588 thou inquirest H1245 after mine iniquity H5771 , and searchest H1875 after my sin H2403 ?
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7. You know I am not guilty, but no one can save me from your power.
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7. Thou knowest H1847 that H3588 I am not H3808 wicked H7561 ; and there is none H369 that can deliver H5337 out of thine hand H4480 H3027 .
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8. "Your hands shaped and made me. Do you now turn around and destroy me?
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8. Thine hands H3027 have made H6087 me and fashioned H6213 me together H3162 round about H5439 ; yet thou dost destroy H1104 me.
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9. Remember that you molded me like a piece of clay. Will you now turn me back into dust?
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9. Remember H2142 , I beseech thee H4994 , that H3588 thou hast made H6213 me as the clay H2563 ; and wilt thou bring me into dust again H7725 H413 H6083 ?
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10. You formed me inside my mother like cheese formed from milk.
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10. Hast thou not H3808 poured me out H5413 as milk H2461 , and curdled H7087 me like cheese H1385 ?
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11. You dressed me with skin and flesh; you sewed me together with bones and muscles.
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11. Thou hast clothed H3847 me with skin H5785 and flesh H1320 , and hast fenced H7753 me with bones H6106 and sinews H1517 .
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12. You gave me life and showed me kindness, and in your care you watched over my life.
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12. Thou hast granted H6213 H5978 me life H2416 and favor H2617 , and thy visitation H6486 hath preserved H8104 my spirit H7307 .
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13. "But in your heart you hid other plans. I know this was in your mind.
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13. And these H428 things hast thou hid H6845 in thine heart H3824 : I know H3045 that H3588 this H2063 is with H5973 thee.
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14. If I sinned, you would watch me and would not let my sin go unpunished.
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14. If H518 I sin H2398 , then thou markest H8104 me , and thou wilt not H3808 acquit H5352 me from mine iniquity H4480 H5771 .
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15. How terrible it will be for me if I am guilty! Even if I am right, I cannot lift my head. I am full of shame and experience only pain.
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15. If H518 I be wicked H7561 , woe H480 unto me ; and if I be righteous H6663 , yet will I not H3808 lift up H5375 my head H7218 . I am full H7649 of confusion H7036 ; therefore see H7200 thou mine affliction H6040 ;
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16. If I hold up my head, you hunt me like a lion and again show your terrible power against me.
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16. For it increaseth H1342 . Thou huntest H6679 me as a fierce lion H7826 : and again H7725 thou showest thyself marvelous H6381 upon me.
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17. You bring new witnesses against me and increase your anger against me. Your armies come against me.
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17. Thou renewest H2318 thy witnesses H5707 against H5048 me , and increasest H7235 thine indignation H3708 upon H5973 me; changes H2487 and war H6635 are against H5973 me.
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18. "So why did you allow me to be born? I wish I had died before anyone saw me.
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18. Wherefore H4100 then hast thou brought me forth H3318 out of the womb H4480 H7358 ? Oh that I had given up the ghost H1478 , and no H3808 eye H5869 had seen H7200 me!
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19. I wish I had never lived, but had been carried straight from birth to the grave.
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19. I should have been H1961 as though H834 I had not H3808 been H1961 ; I should have been carried H2986 from the womb H4480 H990 to the grave H6913 .
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20. The few days of my life are almost over. Leave me alone so I can have a moment of joy.
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20. Are not H3808 my days H3117 few H4592 ? cease H2308 then, and let me alone H7896 H4480 , that I may take comfort H1082 a little H4592 ,
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21. Soon I will leave; I will not return from the land of darkness and gloom,
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21. Before H2962 I go H1980 whence I shall not H3808 return H7725 , even to H413 the land H776 of darkness H2822 and the shadow of death H6757 ;
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22. the land of darkest night, from the land of gloom and confusion, where even the light is darkness."
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22. A land H776 of darkness H5890 , as H3644 darkness H652 itself; and of the shadow of death H6757 , without H3808 any order H5468 , and where the light H3313 is as H3644 darkness H652 .
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