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10:2 I will say <0559> to <0413> God <0433>, ‘Do not <0408> condemn <07561> me; tell <03045> me why <04100> you are contending <07378> with me.’ 10:3 Is it good <02896> for <03588> you to oppress <06231>, to despise <03988> the work <03018> of your hands <03709>, while you smile <03313> on <05921> the schemes <06098> of the wicked <07563>? 10:4 “Do you have eyes <05869> of flesh <01320>, or <0518> do you see <07200> as a human <0582> being sees <07200>? 10:5 Are your days <03117> like the days <03117> of a mortal <0582>, or <0518> your years <08141> like the years <03117> of a mortal <01397>, 10:6 that <03588> you must search out <01245> my iniquity <05771>, and inquire <01875> about my sin <02403>, 10:7 although you know <01847> that <03588> I am not <03808> guilty <07561>, and that there is no one <0369> who can deliver out <05337> of your hand <03027>? 10:8 “Your hands <03027> have shaped <06087> me and made <06213> me, but now you destroy <01104> me completely. 10:9 Remember <02142> that <03588> you have made <06213> me as with <0413> the clay <02563>; will you return <07725> me to dust <06083>? 10:10 Did you not <03808> pour <05413> me out <05413> like milk <02461>, and curdle <07087> me like cheese <01385>? 10:11 You clothed <03847> me with skin <05785> and flesh <01320> and knit me together with bones <06106> and sinews <01517>. 10:12 You gave <06213> me <05978> life <02416> and favor <02617>, and your intervention <06486> watched over <08104> my spirit <07307>. 10:13 “But these things <0428> you have concealed <06845> in your heart <03824>; I know <03045> that <03588> this <02063> is with <05973> you: 10:14 If <0518> I sinned <02398>, then you would watch <08104> me and you would not <03808> acquit <05352> me of my iniquity <05771>. 10:15 If <0518> I am guilty <07561>, woe <0480> to me, and if I am innocent <06663>, I cannot <03808> lift <05375> my head <07218>; I am full <07646> of shame <07036>, and satiated <07200> with my affliction <06040>. 10:16 If I lift <01342> myself up <01342>, you hunt <06679> me as a fierce lion <07826>, and again <07725> you display <06381> your power <06381> against me. 10:17 You bring new <02318> witnesses <05707> against <05048> me, and increase <07235> your anger <03708> against me <05978>; relief <02487> troops <06635> come <05973> against me. 10:18 “Why <04100> then did you bring <03318> me out <03318> from the womb <07358>? I should have died <01478> and no <03808> eye <05869> would have seen <07200> me! 10:19 I should have been <01961> as though I had never <03808> existed; I should have been <01961> carried <02986> right from the womb <0990> to the grave <06913>! 10:20 Are not <03808> my days <03117> few <04592>? Cease <02308>, then, and leave me alone <04480> <07896>, that I may find a little <04592> comfort <01082>, 10:21 before <02962> I depart <01980>, never <03808> to return <07725>, to <0413> the land <0776> of darkness <02822> and the deepest shadow <06757>, 10:22 to the land <0776> of utter darkness <05890>, like <03644> the deepest darkness <0652>, and the deepest shadow <06757> and disorder <05468> <03808>, where even the light <03313> is like <03644> darkness <0652>.”

• Job 10:4-7 -- Motivations of God
• Job 10:8-17 -- Contradictions in God's Dealings
• Job 10:18-22 -- An Appeal for Relief

• Philosophy

  [nave] PHILOSOPHY The nature of things, Eccl. 1-7. A philosophical inquiry on wisdom, Job. 28. Philosophical inductions and deductions relating to God and his providence, Job 5:8-20; 9; 10:2-21; 12:6-24; 33:12-30; 37. Reveals th...
  

• POETRY, HEBREW

  [isbe] POETRY, HEBREW - po'-et-ri: I. IS THERE POETRY IN THE OLD TESTAMENT? Poetry Defined: 1. In Matter, Concrete and Imaginative 2. In Form, Emotional and Rhythmical II. NEGLECT OF HEBREW POETRY: CAUSES III. CHARACTERISTICS OF HE...
  

• Job

  [nave] JOB 1. A man who dwelt in Uz, Job 1:1. Righteousness of, Job 1:1, 5, 8; 2:3; Ezek. 14:14, 20. Riches of, Job 1:3. Trial of, by affliction of Satan, Job 1:13-19; 2:7-10. Fortitude of, Job 1:20-22; 2:10; Jas. 5:11. Visite...
  

• INNOCENCE; INNOCENCY; INNOCENT

  [isbe] INNOCENCE; INNOCENCY; INNOCENT - in'-o-sens, in'-o-sen-si, in'-o-sent (zakhu, niqqayon, chinnam, chaph, naqi; athoos): the King James Version and the American Standard Revised Version have innocency in Gen 20:5; Ps 26:6; 73:...
  

• INCREASE

  [isbe] INCREASE - in'-kres, (noun), in-kres' (verb): Employed in the English Bible both as verb and as noun, and in both cases to represent a number of different words in the original. As a verb it is used in the ordinary sense of ...
  

• Hell

  [ebd] derived from the Saxon helan, to cover; hence the covered or the invisible place. In Scripture there are three words so rendered: (1.) Sheol, occurring in the Old Testament sixty-five times. This word sheol is derived from a...
  

• God

  [nave] GOD. List of Sub-Topics Miscellany; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Access to; Compassion of; Creator; Creator of Mankind; Eternity of; Faithfulness of; Fatherhood of; Favor of; Foreknowledge of; Glory of; Goodness of...
  

• GHOST

  [isbe] GHOST - gost (nephesh; pneuma) : "Ghost," the middle-English word for "breath," "spirit," appears in the King James Version as the translation of nephesh ("breath," "the breath of life," animal soul or spirit, the vital prin...
  

• FLESH

  [isbe] FLESH - @basar, she'er): 1. Etymology: Used in all senses of the word, the latter, however, most frequently in the sense of kin, family, relationship (compare sha'arah, "kins-woman," Lev 18:17): Lev 18:6; 25:49; Prov 11:17; ...
  

• FENCE

  [isbe] FENCE - fens (batsar, mibhtsar): Commonly used in the King James Version in the description of fortified places, as the translation of batsar, "to cut off," "to separate," "to fortify" (and forms) (Dt 3:5; 9:1; 28:52, etc.);...
  

• FASHION

  [isbe] FASHION - fash'-un (mishpaT; schema, the make, pattern, shape, manner or appearance of a thing (from Latin faction-em, "a making," through Old French fatson, fachon)): In the Old Testament the noun "fashion" represents 3 Heb...
  

• EXALT

  [isbe] EXALT - eg-zolt' (rum, gabhah (mappiq he), nasa'; hupsoo): The Hebrew word most often translated "exalt," "exalted," is rum; "to lift up," "to be or become high." It is used with reference to both God and man, e.g. Ex 15:2, ...
  

• ESCHATOLOGY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

  [isbe] ESCHATOLOGY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT - es-ka-tol'-o-ji A) Scope of Article B) Dr. Charles' Work C) Individual Religion in Israel I. FUNDAMENTAL IDEAS 1. Idea of God 2. Idea of Man Body, Soul and Spirit 3. Sin and Death II. CONCE...
  

• DARKNESS

  [ebd] The plague (the ninth) of darkness in Egypt (Ex. 10:21) is described as darkness "which may be felt." It covered "all the land of Egypt," so that "they saw not one another." It did not extend to the land of Goshen (ver. 23)....
  [smith] is spoken of as encompassing the actual presence of God, as that out of which he speaks, --the envelope, as it were, of divine glory. (Exodus 20:21; 1 Kings 8:12) The plague of darkness in Egypt was miraculous. The darknes...
  

• DARK; DARKNESS

  [isbe] DARK; DARKNESS - dark, dark'-nes (choshekh; skotos): 1. Darkness and Light in Palestine: The day and night, light and darkness, are notable antitheses in Palestine. There the day does not slowly fade away into the night afte...
  

• Complaint

  [nave] COMPLAINT of Israelites against Moses, Ex. 5:21; 15:24; 16:2, 3; Num. 16:2, 3, 13, 14, 41; 20:2-4. Against God Ex. 5:22, 23; Ex. 16:8, 12; Num. 14:26-37 Num. 17:10, 11. Job 15:11-13; Job 33:12, 13; Job 34:37; Psa. 37:1; Ps...
  

• CURDLE

  [isbe] CURDLE - kur'-dl (qapha', "to congeal," "harden," "curdle"): Occurs in Job 10:10, "Hast thou not .... curdled me like cheese?" i.e. made him take solid form. "The formation of the embryo is a mystery on which the Hebrew dwel...
  

• CONFUSION

  [isbe] CONFUSION - kon-fu'-zhun (bosheth, "shame, paleness," kelimmah, "blushing," tohu; akatastasia, sugchusis): In the Old Testament bosheth (1 Sam 20:30; Ps 109:29 the King James Version) and kelimmah (Ps 44:15; Isa 30:3) are th...
  

• CHANGE

  [isbe] CHANGE - chanj: A word which seeks to express the many shades of meaning contained in 13 variations of 9 Hebrew words and 5 Greek. These signify, in turn, "to change" "to exchange," "to turn," "to put or place," "to make oth...
  

• BRING

  [isbe] BRING - dasha' = "to sprout," "spring" (Gen 1:11 the King James Version); sharats = "to wriggle," "swarm" (Gen 1:20 f; 9:7; Ex 8:3); yaladh = "to bear," "beget" (Gen 3:16; 2 Ki 19:3; Job 15:35; 39:1,2; "what a day may bring ...
  

• Why Are You Accusing Me?

  

• [Job 10:8] Sing, My Soul, To God Who Made Thee

  Sing, my soul, to God Who made thee, Raise to Heav’n thy grateful voice; All His creatures, singing, bid thee In His goodness now rejoice. Pure and holy love unbounded Fills His tender heart and kind; All who truly serve Him find Rest, by God’s strong arm surrounded. Refrain Heaven and earth may not endure, But God’s love is ever sure. E’en the Son He loved so dearly, Died that we through Him might live, Was e’er love like His, who merely Lived His life in love to give? Holy Spirit, teach and guide me, Fill my heart with loving faith; Faith can break the power of death, Naught I fear with Thee beside me. Refrain When I sleep His care surrounds me, With new strength and youth imbues; His unbounded grace confounds me, Each new morn His love renews. In sore trial and temptation He, my Savior, still is near, Bids me, “Child do thou not fear, Thou shalt yet see My salvation.” Refrain

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