1. “My soul loathes my life;I will freely give my complaint,I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
2. I will say to God, Do not condemn me;show me why You contend with me.
3. Is it good for You that You should oppress,that You should despise the work of Your handsand smile on the counsel of the wicked?
4. Do You have eyes of flesh?Or do You see as man sees?
5. Are Your days as the days of man?Are Your years as the days of a mortal,
6. that You inquire after my iniquityand search after my sin?
7. You know that I am not wicked,and there is none who can deliver out of Your hand.
8. “Your hands have shaped me and made me completely,yet You destroy me.
9. Remember, I pray,that You have made me as the clay.And would You return me to dust?
10. Have You not poured me out as milkand curdled me like cheese?