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How long will ye vex my soul, and crush me with words?
“How long will you torment me
And crush me with words?
And crush me with words?
These ten times have ye reproached me; ye are not ashamed to stupefy me.
“These ten times you have insulted me;
You are not ashamed to wrong me.
You are not ashamed to wrong me.
And be it [that] I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.
“Even if I have truly erred,
My error lodges with me.
My error lodges with me.
If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and prove against me my reproach,
“If indeed you vaunt yourselves against me
And prove my disgrace to me,
And prove my disgrace to me,
Know now that +God hath overthrown me, and hath surrounded me with his net.
Know then that God has wronged me
And has closed His net around me.
And has closed His net around me.
Behold, I cry out of wrong, and I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
Everything Is against Him
“Behold, I cry, ‘Violence!’ but I get no answer;
I shout for help, but there is no justice.
He hath hedged up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
“He has walled up my way so that I cannot pass,
And He has put darkness on my paths.
And He has put darkness on my paths.
He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
“He has stripped my honor from me
And removed the crown from my head.
And removed the crown from my head.
He breaketh me down on every side, and I am gone; and my hope hath he torn up as a tree.
“He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone;
And He has uprooted my hope like a tree.
And He has uprooted my hope like a tree.
And he hath kindled his anger against me, and hath counted me unto him as one of his enemies.
“He has also kindled His anger against me
And considered me as His enemy.
And considered me as His enemy.
His troops have come together and cast up their way against me, and have encamped round about my tent.
“His troops come together,
And build up their way against me
And camp around my tent.
And build up their way against me
And camp around my tent.
He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are quite estranged from me.
“He has removed my brothers far from me,
And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.
And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.
My kinsfolk have failed, and my known friends have forgotten me.
“My relatives have failed,
And my intimate friends have forgotten me.
And my intimate friends have forgotten me.
The sojourners in my house and my maids count me as a stranger; I am an alien in their sight.
“Those who live in my house and my maids consider me a stranger.
I am a foreigner in their sight.
I am a foreigner in their sight.
I called my servant, and he answered not; I entreated him with my mouth.
“I call to my servant, but he does not answer;
I have to implore him with my mouth.
I have to implore him with my mouth.
My breath is strange to my wife, and my entreaties to the children of my [mother's] womb.
“My breath is offensive to my wife,
And I am loathsome to my own brothers.
And I am loathsome to my own brothers.
Even young children despise me; I rise up, and they speak against me.
“Even young children despise me;
I rise up and they speak against me.
I rise up and they speak against me.
All my intimate friends abhor me, and they whom I loved are turned against me.
“All my associates abhor me,
And those I love have turned against me.
And those I love have turned against me.
My bones cleave to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
“My bone clings to my skin and my flesh,
And I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.
And I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.
Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, ye my friends; for the hand of +God hath touched me.
“Pity me, pity me, O you my friends,
For the hand of God has struck me.
For the hand of God has struck me.
Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?
“Why do you persecute me as God does,
And are not satisfied with my flesh?
And are not satisfied with my flesh?
Oh would that my words were written! oh that they were inscribed in a book!
Job Says, “My Redeemer Lives”
“Oh that my words were written!
Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
That with an iron style and lead they were graven in the rock for ever!
“That with an iron stylus and lead
They were engraved in the rock forever!
They were engraved in the rock forever!
And [as for] me, I know that my Redeemer liveth, and the Last, he shall stand upon the earth;
“As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives,
And at the last He will take His stand on the earth.
And at the last He will take His stand on the earth.
And [if] after my skin this shall be destroyed, yet from out of my flesh shall I see +God;
“Even after my skin is destroyed,
Yet from my flesh I shall see God;
Yet from my flesh I shall see God;
Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another: -- my reins are consumed within me.
Whom I myself shall behold,
And whom my eyes will see and not another.
My heart faints within me!
And whom my eyes will see and not another.
My heart faints within me!
If ye say, How shall we persecute him? when the root of the matter is found in me,
“If you say, ‘How shall we persecute him?’
And ‘What pretext for a case against him can we find?’
And ‘What pretext for a case against him can we find?’