Job 10:1 - 13:28

Job 10:1-22 (NASB) 
¹ "I loathe my own life; I will give full vent to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
² "I will say to God, 'Do not condemn me; Let me know why You contend with me.
³ 'Is it right for You indeed to oppress, To reject the labor of Your hands, And to look favorably on the schemes of the wicked?
⁴ 'Have You eyes of flesh? Or do You see as a man sees?
⁵ 'Are Your days as the days of a mortal, Or Your years as man's years,
⁶ That You should seek for my guilt And search after my sin?
⁷ 'According to Your knowledge I am indeed not guilty, Yet there is no deliverance from Your hand.
⁸ 'Your hands fashioned and made me altogether, And would You destroy me?
⁹ 'Remember now, that You have made me as clay; And would You turn me into dust again?
¹⁰ 'Did You not pour me out like milk And curdle me like cheese;
¹¹ Clothe me with skin and flesh, And knit me together with bones and sinews?
¹² 'You have granted me life and lovingkindness; And Your care has preserved my spirit.
¹³ 'Yet these things You have concealed in Your heart; I know that this is within You:
¹⁴ If I sin, then You would take note of me, And would not acquit me of my guilt.
¹⁵ 'If I am wicked, woe to me! And if I am righteous, I dare not lift up my head. I am sated with disgrace and conscious of my misery.
¹⁶ 'Should my head be lifted up, You would hunt me like a lion; And again You would show Your power against me.
¹⁷ 'You renew Your witnesses against me And increase Your anger toward me; Hardship after hardship is with me.
¹⁸ 'Why then have You brought me out of the womb? Would that I had died and no eye had seen me!
¹⁹ 'I should have been as though I had not been, Carried from womb to tomb.'
²⁰ "Would He not let my few days alone? Withdraw from me that I may have a little cheer
²¹ Before I go—and I shall not return— To the land of darkness and deep shadow,
²² The land of utter gloom as darkness itself, Of deep shadow without order, And which shines as the darkness."

Job 11:1-20 (NASB) 
¹ Then Zophar the Naamathite answered,
² "Shall a multitude of words go unanswered, And a talkative man be acquitted?
³ "Shall your boasts silence men? And shall you scoff and none rebuke?
⁴ "For you have said, 'My teaching is pure, And I am innocent in your eyes.'
⁵ "But would that God might speak, And open His lips against you,
⁶ And show you the secrets of wisdom! For sound wisdom has two sides. Know then that God forgets a part of your iniquity.
⁷ "Can you discover the depths of God? Can you discover the limits of the Almighty?
⁸ "They are high as the heavens, what can you do? Deeper than Sheol, what can you know?
⁹ "Its measure is longer than the earth And broader than the sea.
¹⁰ "If He passes by or shuts up, Or calls an assembly, who can restrain Him?
¹¹ "For He knows false men, And He sees iniquity without investigating.
¹² "An idiot will become intelligent When the foal of a wild donkey is born a man.
¹³ "If you would direct your heart right And spread out your hand to Him,
¹⁴ If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, And do not let wickedness dwell in your tents;
¹⁵ "Then, indeed, you could lift up your face without moral defect, And you would be steadfast and not fear.
¹⁶ "For you would forget your trouble, As waters that have passed by, you would remember it.
¹⁷ "Your life would be brighter than noonday; Darkness would be like the morning.
¹⁸ "Then you would trust, because there is hope; And you would look around and rest securely.
¹⁹ "You would lie down and none would disturb you, And many would entreat your favor.
²⁰ "But the eyes of the wicked will fail, And there will be no escape for them; And their hope is to breathe their last."

Job 12:1-25 (NASB) 
¹ Then Job responded,
² "Truly then you are the people, And with you wisdom will die!
³ "But I have intelligence as well as you; I am not inferior to you. And who does not know such things as these?
⁴ "I am a joke to my friends, The one who called on God and He answered him; The just and blameless man is a joke.
⁵ "He who is at ease holds calamity in contempt, As prepared for those whose feet slip.
⁶ "The tents of the destroyers prosper, And those who provoke God are secure, Whom God brings into their power.
⁷ "But now ask the beasts, and let them teach you; And the birds of the heavens, and let them tell you.
⁸ "Or speak to the earth, and let it teach you; And let the fish of the sea declare to you.
⁹ "Who among all these does not know That the hand of the Lord has done this,
¹⁰ In whose hand is the life of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind?
¹¹ "Does not the ear test words, As the palate tastes its food?
¹² "Wisdom is with aged men, With long life is understanding.
¹³ "With Him are wisdom and might; To Him belong counsel and understanding.
¹⁴ "Behold, He tears down, and it cannot be rebuilt; He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.
¹⁵ "Behold, He restrains the waters, and they dry up; And He sends them out, and they inundate the earth.
¹⁶ "With Him are strength and sound wisdom, The misled and the misleader belong to Him.
¹⁷ "He makes counselors walk barefoot And makes fools of judges.
¹⁸ "He loosens the bond of kings And binds their loins with a girdle.
¹⁹ "He makes priests walk barefoot And overthrows the secure ones.
²⁰ "He deprives the trusted ones of speech And takes away the discernment of the elders.
²¹ "He pours contempt on nobles And loosens the belt of the strong.
²² "He reveals mysteries from the darkness And brings the deep darkness into light.
²³ "He makes the nations great, then destroys them; He enlarges the nations, then leads them away.
²⁴ "He deprives of intelligence the chiefs of the earth's people And makes them wander in a pathless waste.
²⁵ "They grope in darkness with no light, And He makes them stagger like a drunken man.

Job 13:1-28 (NASB) 
¹ "Behold, my eye has seen all this, My ear has heard and understood it.
² "What you know I also know; I am not inferior to you.
³ "But I would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to argue with God.
⁴ "But you smear with lies; You are all worthless physicians.
⁵ "O that you would be completely silent, And that it would become your wisdom!
⁶ "Please hear my argument And listen to the contentions of my lips.
⁷ "Will you speak what is unjust for God, And speak what is deceitful for Him?
⁸ "Will you show partiality for Him? Will you contend for God?
⁹ "Will it be well when He examines you? Or will you deceive Him as one deceives a man?
¹⁰ "He will surely reprove you If you secretly show partiality.
¹¹ "Will not His majesty terrify you, And the dread of Him fall on you?
¹² "Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes, Your defenses are defenses of clay.
¹³ "Be silent before me so that I may speak; Then let come on me what may.
¹⁴ "Why should I take my flesh in my teeth And put my life in my hands?
¹⁵ "Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. Nevertheless I will argue my ways before Him.
¹⁶ "This also will be my salvation, For a godless man may not come before His presence.
¹⁷ "Listen carefully to my speech, And let my declaration fill your ears.
¹⁸ "Behold now, I have prepared my case; I know that I will be vindicated.
¹⁹ "Who will contend with me? For then I would be silent and die.
²⁰ "Only two things do not do to me, Then I will not hide from Your face:
²¹ Remove Your hand from me, And let not the dread of You terrify me.
²² "Then call, and I will answer; Or let me speak, then reply to me.
²³ "How many are my iniquities and sins? Make known to me my rebellion and my sin.
²⁴ "Why do You hide Your face And consider me Your enemy?
²⁵ "Will You cause a driven leaf to tremble? Or will You pursue the dry chaff?
²⁶ "For You write bitter things against me And make me to inherit the iniquities of my youth.
²⁷ "You put my feet in the stocks And watch all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet,
²⁸ While I am decaying like a rotten thing, Like a garment that is moth-eaten.