1. I AM weary of my life and loathe it! I will give free expression to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
2. I will say to God, Do not condemn me [do not make me guilty]! Show me why You contend with me.
3. Does it seem good to You that You should oppress, that You should despise and reject the work of Your hands, and favor the schemes of the wicked?
4. Have You eyes of flesh? Do You see as man sees?
5. Are Your days as the days of man, are Your years as man's [years],
6. That You inquire after my iniquity and search for my sin–
7. Although You know that I am not wicked or guilty and that there is none who can deliver me out of Your hand?