16 But let it increase: hunt thou me as a lion: return and show thyself [a]marvelous upon me.

17 Thou renewest thy plagues against me, and thou increasest thy wrath against me: [b]changes and armies of sorrows are against me.

18 Wherefore then hast thou brought me out of the womb? Oh that I had perished, and that none eye had seen me!

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Footnotes

  1. Job 10:16 Job being sore assaulted in this battle between the flesh and the spirit, bursteth out into these affections, wishing rather short days than long pain.
  2. Job 10:17 That is, diversity of diseases and in great abundance: showing that God hath infinite means to punish man.

16 If I hold my head high, you stalk me like a lion(A)
    and again display your awesome power against me.(B)
17 You bring new witnesses against me(C)
    and increase your anger toward me;(D)
    your forces come against me wave upon wave.(E)

18 “Why then did you bring me out of the womb?(F)
    I wish I had died before any eye saw me.(G)

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