New International Reader's Version

Job 10:1-12 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

1. "I'm sick of living. So I'll talk openly about my problems. I'll speak out because my spirit is bitter.

2. I'll say to God, 'Don't find me guilty. Instead, tell me what charges you are bringing against me.

3. Does it make you happy when you crush me? Does it please you to turn your back on what you have made? While you do those things, you smile on the plans of sinful people!

4. You don't have human eyes. You don't see as people see.

5. Your days aren't like the days of a human being. Your years aren't like the years of a mere man.

6. So you search for my mistakes. You look for my sin.

7. You already know I'm not guilty. No one can save me from your powerful hand.

8. " 'Your hands shaped me and made me. So are you going to destroy me now?

9. Remember, you molded me like clay. So are you going to turn me back into dust?

10. Didn't you pour me out like milk? Didn't you form me like cheese?

11. Didn't you put skin and flesh on me? Didn't you sew me together with bones and muscles?

12. You gave me life. You were kind to me. You took good care of me. You watched over me.