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“I have heard many things like these;
you are miserable comforters, all of you!
you are miserable comforters, all of you!
“I have heard many such things;
Sorry comforters are you all.
Sorry comforters are you all.
Will your long-winded speeches never end?
What ails you that you keep on arguing?
What ails you that you keep on arguing?
“Is there no limit to windy words?
Or what plagues you that you answer?
Or what plagues you that you answer?
I also could speak like you,
if you were in my place;
I could make fine speeches against you
and shake my head at you.
if you were in my place;
I could make fine speeches against you
and shake my head at you.
“I too could speak like you,
If I were in your place.
I could compose words against you
And shake my head at you.
If I were in your place.
I could compose words against you
And shake my head at you.
But my mouth would encourage you;
comfort from my lips would bring you relief.
comfort from my lips would bring you relief.
“I could strengthen you with my mouth,
And the solace of my lips could lessen your pain.
And the solace of my lips could lessen your pain.
“Yet if I speak, my pain is not relieved;
and if I refrain, it does not go away.
and if I refrain, it does not go away.
Job Says God Shattered Him
“If I speak, my pain is not lessened,
And if I hold back, what has left me?
Surely, God, you have worn me out;
you have devastated my entire household.
you have devastated my entire household.
“But now He has exhausted me;
You have laid waste all my company.
You have laid waste all my company.
You have shriveled me up — and it has become a witness;
my gauntness rises up and testifies against me.
my gauntness rises up and testifies against me.
“You have shriveled me up,
It has become a witness;
And my leanness rises up against me,
It testifies to my face.
It has become a witness;
And my leanness rises up against me,
It testifies to my face.
God assails me and tears me in his anger
and gnashes his teeth at me;
my opponent fastens on me his piercing eyes.
and gnashes his teeth at me;
my opponent fastens on me his piercing eyes.
“His anger has torn me and hunted me down,
He has gnashed at me with His teeth;
My adversary glares at me.
He has gnashed at me with His teeth;
My adversary glares at me.
People open their mouths to jeer at me;
they strike my cheek in scorn
and unite together against me.
they strike my cheek in scorn
and unite together against me.
“They have gaped at me with their mouth,
They have slapped me on the cheek with contempt;
They have massed themselves against me.
They have slapped me on the cheek with contempt;
They have massed themselves against me.
God has turned me over to the ungodly
and thrown me into the clutches of the wicked.
and thrown me into the clutches of the wicked.
“God hands me over to ruffians
And tosses me into the hands of the wicked.
And tosses me into the hands of the wicked.
All was well with me, but he shattered me;
he seized me by the neck and crushed me.
He has made me his target;
he seized me by the neck and crushed me.
He has made me his target;
“I was at ease, but He shattered me,
And He has grasped me by the neck and shaken me to pieces;
He has also set me up as His target.
And He has grasped me by the neck and shaken me to pieces;
He has also set me up as His target.
his archers surround me.
Without pity, he pierces my kidneys
and spills my gall on the ground.
Without pity, he pierces my kidneys
and spills my gall on the ground.
“His arrows surround me.
Without mercy He splits my kidneys open;
He pours out my gall on the ground.
Without mercy He splits my kidneys open;
He pours out my gall on the ground.
Again and again he bursts upon me;
he rushes at me like a warrior.
he rushes at me like a warrior.
“He breaks through me with breach after breach;
He runs at me like a warrior.
He runs at me like a warrior.
“I have sewed sackcloth over my skin
and buried my brow in the dust.
and buried my brow in the dust.
“I have sewed sackcloth over my skin
And thrust my horn in the dust.
And thrust my horn in the dust.
My face is red with weeping,
dark shadows ring my eyes;
dark shadows ring my eyes;
“My face is flushed from weeping,
And deep darkness is on my eyelids,
And deep darkness is on my eyelids,
yet my hands have been free of violence
and my prayer is pure.
and my prayer is pure.
Although there is no violence in my hands,
And my prayer is pure.
And my prayer is pure.
“Earth, do not cover my blood;
may my cry never be laid to rest!
may my cry never be laid to rest!
“O earth, do not cover my blood,
And let there be no resting place for my cry.
And let there be no resting place for my cry.
Even now my witness is in heaven;
my advocate is on high.
my advocate is on high.
“Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven,
And my advocate is on high.
And my advocate is on high.
“My friends are my scoffers;
My eye weeps to God.
My eye weeps to God.
on behalf of a man he pleads with God
as one pleads for a friend.
as one pleads for a friend.
“O that a man might plead with God
As a man with his neighbor!
As a man with his neighbor!