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Job: My Redeemer Lives
And Job answered and said,
And Job answered and said,
Job Trusts in His Redeemer
Then Job answered and said:
Then Job answered and said:
How long will ye vex my soul, and crush me with words?
“How long will you torment my soul,
And break me in pieces with words?
And break me in pieces with words?
These ten times have ye reproached me; ye are not ashamed to stupefy me.
And be it [that] I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.
And if indeed I have erred,
My error remains with me.
My error remains with me.
If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and prove against me my reproach,
If indeed you exalt yourselves against me,
And plead my disgrace against me,
And plead my disgrace against me,
Know now that +God hath overthrown me, and hath surrounded me with his net.
Know then that God has wronged me,
And has surrounded me with His net.
And has surrounded me with His net.
Behold, I cry out of wrong, and I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
He hath hedged up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
He has stripped me of my glory,
And taken the crown from my head.
And taken 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;
My hope He has uprooted like a tree.
And I am gone;
My hope He has uprooted 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 wrath against me,
And He counts me as one of His enemies.
And He counts me as one of His enemies.
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 road against me;
They encamp all around my tent.
And build up their road against me;
They encamp all 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 close friends have forgotten me.
And my close 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 dwell in my house, and my maidservants,
Count me as a stranger;
I am an alien in their sight.
Count me as a stranger;
I am an alien in their sight.
I called my servant, and he answered not; I entreated him with my mouth.
I call my servant, but he gives no answer;
I beg him with my mouth.
I beg him with my mouth.
My breath is strange to my wife, and my entreaties to the children of my [mother's] womb.
Even young children despise me; I rise up, and they speak against me.
Even young children despise me;
I arise, and they speak against me.
I arise, and they speak against me.
All my intimate friends abhor me, and they whom I loved are turned against me.
All my close friends abhor me,
And those whom I love have turned against me.
And those whom 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 to my flesh,
And I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
And I have escaped 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.
“Have pity on me, have pity on 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!
“Oh, that my words were written!
Oh, that they were inscribed in a book!
Oh, that they were inscribed in a book!
That with an iron style and lead they were graven in the rock for ever!
That they were engraved on a rock
With an iron pen and lead, forever!
With an iron pen and lead, forever!
And [as for] me, I know that my Redeemer liveth, and the Last, he shall stand upon the earth;
For I know that my Redeemer lives,
And He shall stand at last on the earth;
And He shall stand at last on the earth;
And [if] after my skin this shall be destroyed, yet from out of my flesh shall I see +God;
Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another: -- my reins are consumed within me.
If ye say, How shall we persecute him? when the root of the matter is found in me,
If you should say, ‘How shall we persecute him?’ —
Since the root of the matter is found in me,
Since the root of the matter is found in me,