1. "I loathe my own life; I will give full vent to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
2. "I will say to God, 'Do not condemn me; Let me know why You contend with me.
3. 'Is it right for You indeed to oppress, To reject the labor of Your hands, And to look favorably on the schemes of the wicked?
4. 'Have You eyes of flesh? Or do You see as a man sees?
5. 'Are Your days as the days of a mortal, Or Your years as man's years,
6. That You should seek for my guilt And search after my sin?
7. 'According to Your knowledge I am indeed not guilty, Yet there is no deliverance from Your hand.
8. 'Your hands fashioned and made me altogether, And would You destroy me?
9. 'Remember now, that You have made me as clay; And would You turn me into dust again?
10. 'Did You not pour me out like milk And curdle me like cheese;
11. Clothe me with skin and flesh, And knit me together with bones and sinews?
12. 'You have granted me life and lovingkindness; And Your care has preserved my spirit.
13. 'Yet these things You have concealed in Your heart; I know that this is within You:
14. If I sin, then You would take note of me, And would not acquit me of my guilt.