10:1

נָקְטָה נַפְשִׁי בְּחַיָּי אֶעֶזְבָה עָלַי שִׂיחִי אֲדַבְּרָה בְּמַר נַפְשִׁי׃

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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10:2

אֹמַר אֶל־אֱלוֹהַּ אַל־תַּרְשִׁיעֵנִי הוֹדִיעֵנִי עַל מַה־תְּרִיבֵנִי׃

I will say unto God: Do not condemn me; Make me know wherefore Thou contendest with me.

10:3

הֲטוֹב לְךָ כִּי־תַעֲשֹׁק כִּי־תִמְאַס יְגִיעַ כַּפֶּיךָ וְעַל־עֲצַת רְשָׁעִים הוֹפָעְתָּ׃

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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10:4

הַעֵינֵי בָשָׂר לָךְ אִם־כִּרְאוֹת אֱנוֹשׁ תִּרְאֶה׃

Hast Thou eyes of flesh? Or seest Thou as man seeth?

10:5

הֲכִימֵי אֱנוֹשׁ יָמֶיךָ אִם־שְׁנוֹתֶיךָ כִּימֵי גָבֶר׃

Are Thy days as the days of man, Or Thy years as a man’s days,

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10:6

כִּי־תְבַקֵּשׁ לַעֲוֺנִי וּלְחַטָּאתִי תִדְרוֹשׁ׃

That Thou inquirest after mine iniquity, And searchest after my sin, .

10:7

עַל־דַּעְתְּךָ כִּי־לֹא אֶרְשָׁע וְאֵין מִיָּדְךָ מַצִּיל׃

Although Thou knowest that I shall not be condemned; And there is none that can deliver out of Thy hand?

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10:8

יָדֶיךָ עִצְּבוּנִי וַיַּעֲשׂוּנִי יַחַד סָבִיב וַתְּבַלְּעֵנִי׃

Thy hands have framed me and fashioned me Together round about; yet Thou dost destroy me!

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10:9

זְכָר־נָא כִּי־כַחֹמֶר עֲשִׂיתָנִי וְאֶל־עָפָר תְּשִׁיבֵנִי׃

Remember, I beseech Thee, that Thou hast fashioned me as clay; And wilt Thou bring me into dust again?

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10:10

הֲלֹא כֶחָלָב תַּתִּיכֵנִי וְכַגְּבִנָּה תַּקְפִּיאֵנִי׃

Hast Thou not poured me out as milk, And curdled me like cheese?

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10:11

עוֹר וּבָשָׂר תַּלְבִּישֵׁנִי וּבַעֲצָמוֹת וְגִידִים תְּסֹכְכֵנִי׃

Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, And knit me together with bones and sinews.

10:12

חַיִּים וָחֶסֶד עָשִׂיתָ עִמָּדִי וּפְקֻדָּתְךָ שָׁמְרָה רוּחִי׃

Thou hast granted me life and favour, And Thy providence hath preserved my spirit.

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10:13

וְאֵלֶּה צָפַנְתָּ בִלְבָבֶךָ יָדַעְתִּי כִּי־זֹאת עִמָּךְ׃

Yet these things Thou didst hide in Thy heart; I know that this is with Thee;

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10:14

אִם־חָטָאתִי וּשְׁמַרְתָּנִי וּמֵעֲוֺנִי לֹא תְנַקֵּנִי׃

If I sin, then Thou markest me, And Thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.

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10:15

אִם־רָשַׁעְתִּי אַלְלַי לִי וְצָדַקְתִּי לֹא־אֶשָּׂא רֹאשִׁי שְׂבַע קָלוֹן וּרְאֵה עָנְיִי׃

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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10:16

וְיִגְאֶה כַּשַּׁחַל תְּצוּדֵנִי וְתָשֹׁב תִּתְפַּלָּא־בִי׃

And if it exalt itself, Thou huntest me as a lion; And again Thou showest Thyself marvellous upon me.

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10:17

תְּחַדֵּשׁ עֵדֶיךָ נֶגְדִּי וְתֶרֶב כַּעַשְׂךָ עִמָּדִי חֲלִיפוֹת וְצָבָא עִמִּי׃

Thou renewest Thy witnesses against me, And increasest Thine indignation upon me; Host succeeding host against me.

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10:18

וְלָמָּה מֵרֶחֶם הֹצֵאתָנִי אֶגְוַע וְעַיִן לֹא־תִרְאֵנִי׃

Wherefore then hast Thou brought me forth out of the womb? Would that I had perished, and no eye had seen me!

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10:19

כַּאֲשֶׁר לֹא־הָיִיתִי אֶהְיֶה מִבֶּטֶן לַקֶּבֶר אוּבָל׃

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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10:20

הֲלֹא־מְעַט יָמַי יחדל [וַחֲדָל] ישית [וְשִׁית] מִמֶּנִּי וְאַבְלִיגָה מְּעָט׃

Are not my days few? Cease then, And let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

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10:21

בְּטֶרֶם אֵלֵךְ וְלֹא אָשׁוּב אֶל־אֶרֶץ חֹשֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָוֶת׃

Before I go whence I shall not return, Even to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;

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10:22

אֶרֶץ עֵיפָתָה כְּמוֹ אֹפֶל צַלְמָוֶת וְלֹא סְדָרִים וַתֹּפַע כְּמוֹ־אֹפֶל׃

A land of thick darkness, as darkness itself; A land of the shadow of death, without any order, And where the light is as darkness.

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