1  ^q“I loathe my life;

I will give free utterance to my ^rcomplaint;

I will speak in the ^sbitterness of my soul.

2  I will say to God, ^tDo not condemn me;

let me know why you ^ucontend against me.

3  Does it seem good to you to oppress,

to despise the work of your hands

and favor the designs of the wicked?

4  Have you eyes of flesh?

Do you see as man sees?

5  Are your days as the days of man,

or ^vyour years as a man’s years,

6  that ^wyou seek out my iniquity

and search for my sin,

7  although you know that I am not guilty,

and there is none to deliver out of your hand?

8  ^xYour hands fashioned and made me,

and now you have destroyed me altogether.

9  ^yRemember that you have made me like ^zclay;

and will you ^areturn me to the dust?

10  Did you not pour me out like milk

and curdle me like cheese?