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"I hate my own life, so I will complain freely. I am very bitter, so now I will speak. |
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I will say to God: 'Don't just say I am guilty! Tell me what you have against me. |
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Do you enjoy hurting me? Do you enjoy ignoring me while smiling at what evil people say? |
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Do you have human eyes? Do you see things the way people do? |
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Is your life as short as ours? Is your life as short as a man's life? |
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You look for my wrong and search for my sin. |
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You know I am innocent, but no one can save me from your power! |
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Your hands made me and shaped my body. But now they are closing around me and squeezing me to death! |
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Remember, you molded me like clay. Will you turn me into clay again? |
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You poured me out like milk. You spun me around and squeezed me like someone making cheese. |
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You put me together with bones and muscles, and then you clothed me with skin and flesh. |
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You gave me life and were very kind to me. You cared for me and watched over my spirit. |
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But this is what you hid in your heart. Now I know what you were planning for me. |
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If I sinned, you would be watching me so that you could punish me for doing wrong. |
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If I sin, I am guilty and should be cursed. But even when I am innocent, I cannot lift up my head. I am so ashamed because of all the troubles I have. |
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If I have any success and feel proud, you hunt me down like a lion and show your power over me. |
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You bring witness after witness to prove that I am wrong. Again and again you show your anger as you send army after army against me. |
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So why did you let me be born? I wish I had died before anyone saw me. |
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I wish I had never lived. I wish they had carried me from my mother's womb straight to the grave. |
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My life is almost finished. So leave me alone! Let me enjoy the little time I have left. |
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I am going soon to the land of no return, the place of death and darkness— |
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that land of darkest night, of shadows and confusion, where even the light is darkness.'" |
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