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My soul[H5315] is weary[H5354] of my life[H2416]; I will leave[H5800] my complaint[H7879] upon myself; I will speak[H1696] in the bitterness[H4751] of my soul[H5315].
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I will say[H559] unto God[H433], Do not condemn[H7561] me; shew[H3045] me wherefore thou contendest[H7378] with me.
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Is it good[H2895] unto thee that thou shouldest oppress[H6231], that thou shouldest despise[H3988] the work[H3018] of thine hands[H3709], and shine[H3313] upon the counsel[H6098] of the wicked?[H7563]
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Hast thou eyes[H5869] of flesh?[H1320] or seest[H7200] thou as man[H582]seeth?[H7200]
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Are thy days[H3117] as the days[H3117] of man?[H582] are thy years[H8141] as man[H582]'s days[H3117],
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That thou enquirest[H1245] after mine iniquity[H5771], and searchest[H1875] after my sin?[H2403]
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Thou knowest[H1847] that I am not wicked[H7561]; and there is none that can deliver[H5337] out of thine hand[H3027].
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Thine hands[H3027] have made[H6087] me and fashioned[H6213] me together[H3162] round about[H5439]; yet thou dost destroy[H1104] me.
9Remember[H2142], I beseech thee, that thou hast made[H6213] me as the clay[H2563]; and wilt thou bring[H7725] me into dust[H6083]again?[H7725]
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Hast thou not poured me out[H5413] as milk[H2461], and curdled[H7087] me like cheese?[H1385]
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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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Thou hast granted[H6213] me life[H2416] and favour[H2617], and thy visitation[H6486] hath preserved[H8104] my spirit[H7307].
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And these things hast thou hid[H6845] in thine heart[H3824]: I know[H3045] that this is with thee.
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If I sin[H2398], then thou markest[H8104] me, and thou wilt not acquit[H5352] me from mine iniquity[H5771].
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If I be wicked[H7561], woe[H480] unto me; and if I be righteous[H6663], yet will I not lift up[H5375] my head[H7218]. I am full[H7649] of confusion[H7036]; therefore see[H7202] thou mine affliction[H6040];
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For it increaseth[H1342]. Thou huntest[H6679] me as a fierce lion[H7826]: and again[H7725] thou shewest thyself marvellous[H6381] upon me.
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Thou renewest[H2318] thy witnesses[H5707] against me[H5978], and increasest[H7235] thine indignation[H3708] upon me[H5978]; changes[H2487] and war[H6635] are against me[H5978].
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Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth[H3318] out of the womb?[H7358] Oh that I had given up the ghost[H1478], and no eye[H5869] had seen[H7200] me!
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I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried[H2986] from the womb[H990] to the grave[H6913].
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Are not my days[H3117]few?[H4592]cease[H2308] then, and let me alone[H7896], that I may take comfort[H1082] a little[H4592],
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Before I go[H3212] whence I shall not return[H7725], even to the land[H776] of darkness[H2822] and the shadow of death[H6757];
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A land[H776] of darkness[H5890], as darkness[H652] itself; and of the shadow of death[H6757], without any order[H5468], and where the light[H3313] is as darkness[H652].