Contradictions in God’s Dealings

8 “Your hands have shaped me and made me,

but now you destroy me completely.

9 Remember that you have made me as with the clay;

will you return me to dust?

10 Did you not pour me out like milk,

and curdle me like cheese?

11 You clothed me with skin and flesh

and knit me together with bones and sinews.

12 You gave me life and favor,

and your intervention watched over my spirit.

13 “But these things you have concealed in your heart;

I know that this is with you:

14 If I sinned, then you would watch me

and you would not acquit me of my iniquity.

15 If I am guilty, woe to me,

and if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head;

I am full of shame,

and satiated with my affliction.

16 If I lift myself up,

you hunt me as a fierce lion,

and again you display your power against me.

17 You bring new witnesses against me,

and increase your anger against me;

relief troops come against me.