Job 19
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| v | JPS1917 |
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| 1 | Then Job answered and said: |
| 2 | How long will ye vex my soul, And crush me with words? |
| 3 | These ten times have ye reproached me; Ye are not ashamed that ye deal harshly with me. |
| 4 | And be it indeed that I have erred, Mine error remaineth with myself. |
| 5 | If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, And plead against me my reproach; |
| 6 | Know now that God hath subverted my cause, And hath compassed me with His net. |
| 7 | Behold, I cry out: ‘Violence! ’ but I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no justice. . |
| 8 | He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, And hath set darkness in my paths. |
| 9 | He hath stripped me of my glory, And taken the crown from my head. |
| 10 | He hath broken me down on every side, and I am gone; And my hope hath He plucked up like a tree. |
| 11 | He hath also kindled His wrath against me, And He counteth me unto Him as one of His adversaries. |
| 12 | His troops come on together, And cast up their way against me, And encamp round about my tent. |
| 13 | He hath put my brethren far from me, And mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me. |
| 14 | My kinsfolk have failed, And my familiar friends have forgotten me. |
| 15 | They that dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger; I am become an alien in their sight. |
| 16 | I call unto my servant, and he giveth me no answer, Though I entreat him with my mouth. |
| 17 | My breath is abhorred of my wife, And I am loathsome to the children of my tribe. |
| 18 | Even urchins despised me; If I arise, they speak against me. |
| 19 | All my intimate friends abhor me; And they whom I loved are turned against me. |
| 20 | My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, And I am escaped with the skin of my teeth. |
| 21 | Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; For the hand of God hath touched me. |
| 22 | Why do ye persecute me as God, And are not satisfied with my flesh? |
| 23 | Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book! |
| 24 | That with an iron pen and lead They were graven in the rock for ever! |
| 25 | But as for me, I know that my Redeemer liveth, And that He will witness at the last upon the dust; |
| 26 | And when after my skin this is destroyed, Then without my flesh shall I see God; |
| 27 | Whom I, even I, shall see for myself, And mine eyes shall behold, and not another’s. My reins are consumed within me. |
| 28 | If ye say: ‘How we will persecute him! ’ Seeing that the root of the matter is found in me; |
| 29 | Be ye afraid of the sword; For wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, That ye may know there is a judgment. |