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?