1“I’m sick of living.
So I’ll talk openly about my problems.
I’ll speak out because my spirit is bitter.
2I say to God, ‘Don’t find me guilty.
Instead, tell me what charges
you are bringing against me.
3Does 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!
4You don’t have human eyes.
You don’t see as people see.
5Your days aren’t like the days of a mere human being.
Your years aren’t even like the years of a strong man.
6So you search for my mistakes.
You look for my sin.
7You already know I’m not guilty.
No one can save me from your power.
8“ ‘Your hands shaped me and made me.
So are you going to destroy me now?
9Remember, you molded me like clay.
So are you going to turn me back into dust?
10Didn’t you pour me out like milk?
Didn’t you form me like cheese?
11Didn’t you put skin and flesh on me?
Didn’t you sew me together with bones and muscles?
12You gave me life. You were kind to me.
You took good care of me. You watched over me.
13“ ‘But here’s what you hid in your heart.
Here’s what you had on your mind.
14If I sinned, you would be watching me.
You wouldn’t let me go without punishing me.
15If I were guilty, how terrible that would be for me!
Even if I haven’t sinned,
I can’t be proud of what I’ve done.
That’s because I’m so full of shame.
I’m drowning in my suffering.
16If I become proud, you hunt me down like a lion.
You show your mighty power against me.
17You bring new witnesses against me.
You become more and more angry with me.
You use your power against me again and again.
18“ ‘Why did you bring me out of my mother’s body?
I wish I had died before anyone saw me.
19I wish I’d never been born!
I wish I’d been carried straight from my mother’s body to the grave!
20Aren’t my few days almost over?
Leave me so I can have a moment of joy.
21Turn away before I go to the place I can’t return from.
It’s the land of gloom and total darkness.
22It’s the land of darkest night
and total darkness and disorder.
There even the light is like darkness.’ ”
110:1 a 1Bk 19:4 b Yob 7:11“Obulamu bwange mbukyayidde ddala,
noolwekyo leka nfukumule okwemulugunya kwange,
njogerere mu kulumwa kw’emmeeme yange.
210:2 Yob 9:29Nnaagamba Katonda nti, Tonsalira musango ne gunsinga,
ntegeeza ky’onvunaana.
310:3 a Yob 9:22 b Yob 14:15; Zab 138:8; Is 64:8 c Yob 21:16; 22:18Kikusanyusa okunnyigiriza,
okunyooma omulimu gw’emikono gyo,
n’owagira emirimu gy’abakozi b’ebibi?
410:4 1Sa 16:7Amaaso go ga mubiri?
Olaba ng’omuntu bw’alaba?
510:5 Zab 90:2, 4; 2Pe 3:8Ennaku zo zisinga ez’omuntu,
n’emyaka gyo gisinga egy’omuntu,
610:6 Yob 14:16olyoke onoonye ebisobyo byange
era obuulirize ekibi kye nkoze,
7newaakubadde ng’omanyi nti sirina musango
era nga tewali n’omu ayinza kunzigya mu mukono gwo?
810:8 Zab 119:73“Emikono gyo gye gyammumba, gye gyankola.
Ate kaakano onookyuka okunsanyaawo?
910:9 a Is 64:8 b Lub 2:7Jjukira nti wammumba ng’ebbumba,
ate kaakano onoonfuula ng’enfuufu?
10Tewanzitulula ng’amata
n’onkwasa ng’omuzigo?”
1110:11 Zab 139:13, 15Tewannyambaza omubiri n’olususu,
n’oluka amagumba n’ebinywa n’ongatta?
1210:12 Yob 33:4Kale wampa okuganja mu maaso go,
era walabirira, n’omwoyo gwange.
1310:13 Yob 23:13Naye bino wabikweka mu mutima gwo,
era mmanyi nga byali mu birowoozo byo.
1410:14 Yob 7:21Singa nyonoona, ondaba
era tewandindese n’otombonereza.
1510:15 a Yob 9:13; Is 3:11 b Yob 9:15Bwe mba nga nsingibbwa omusango,
zinsanze nze!
Newaakubadde nga sirina musango, sisobola kuyimusa mutwe gwange,
kubanga nzijjudde obuswavu era mu kunyigirizibwa kwange, mwe nsaanikiddwa.
1610:16 a Is 38:13; Kgb 3:10 b Yob 5:9Bwe mba ng’asituka, n’onjigga ng’empologoma,
era n’onnumba n’amaanyi go amangi ennyo.
1710:17 a Yob 16:8 b Lus 1:21Oleeta abajulizi abajja okunnumiriza,
era obusungu bwo ne bweyongera gye ndi;
amayengo ne gajja okunnumba olutata.
1810:18 Yob 3:11“Kale lwaki wanziggya mu lubuto lwa mmange?
Wandindese nga tewannabaawo liiso lyonna lindabyeko.
19Singa satondebwa,
oba singa natwalibwa butereevu okuva mu lubuto ne nzikibwa.
2010:20 a Yob 14:1 b Yob 7:19 c Yob 7:16Ennaku zange entono kumpi teziweddeeko?
Ndeka mbeeko n’akaseera ak’okusanyuka,
2110:21 a 2Sa 12:23; Yob 3:13; 16:22 b Zab 23:4; 88:12nga sinnaba kugenda mu kifo eteri kudda,
ekiri mu nsi ejjudde ekizikiza, n’ekisiikirize eky’ebuziba,
22y’ensi ey’ekizikiza ekikutte, eyeekisiikirize eky’ebuziba
era n’okutabukatabuka,
ng’omusana gwayo guli nga ekizikiza.”
