1. “My inner self loathes my life; I want to give vent to my complaint; I want to speak out of the bitterness of my inner self.
2. I will say to God, ‘You should not condemn me; let me know why you contend against me.
3. Is it good for you that you oppress, that you despise the labor of your hands, and you smile over the schemes of the wicked?
4. Do you have eyes of flesh? Or do you see as human beings see?
5. Are your days as the days of human beings, or your years as the days of man,
6. that you seek out my iniquity, and you search for my sin
7. because of your knowledge that I am not guilty, and there is no escaping from your hand?