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“How long will you torment me
and crush me with words?
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?
Ten times now you have reproached me;
shamelessly you attack me.
shamelessly you attack me.
If it is true that I have gone astray,
my error remains my concern alone.
my error remains my concern alone.
And if indeed I have erred,
My error remains with me.
My error remains with me.
If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me
and use my humiliation against me,
and use my humiliation against me,
If indeed you exalt yourselves against me,
And plead my disgrace against me,
And plead my disgrace against me,
then know that God has wronged me
and drawn his net around me.
and drawn his net around me.
Know then that God has wronged me,
And has surrounded me with His net.
And has surrounded me with His net.
“Though I cry, ‘Violence!’ I get no response;
though I call for help, there is no justice.
though I call for help, there is no justice.
He has blocked my way so I cannot pass;
he has shrouded my paths in darkness.
he has shrouded my paths in darkness.
He has stripped me of my honor
and removed the crown from my head.
and removed 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 tears me down on every side till I am gone;
he uproots my hope like a tree.
he uproots my hope like 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.
His anger burns against me;
he counts me among his enemies.
he counts me among 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 advance in force;
they build a siege ramp against me
and encamp around my tent.
they build a siege ramp against me
and encamp around 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 has alienated my family from me;
my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.
my acquaintances are completely 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 relatives have gone away;
my closest friends have forgotten me.
my closest friends have forgotten me.
My relatives have failed,
And my close friends have forgotten me.
And my close friends have forgotten me.
My guests and my female servants count me a foreigner;
they look on me as on a stranger.
they look on me as on a stranger.
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 summon my servant, but he does not answer,
though I beg him with my own mouth.
though I beg him with my own 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 offensive to my wife;
I am loathsome to my own family.
I am loathsome to my own family.
Even the little boys scorn me;
when I appear, they ridicule me.
when I appear, they ridicule me.
Even young children despise me;
I arise, and they speak against me.
I arise, and they speak against me.
All my intimate friends detest me;
those I love have turned against me.
those I love have 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 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 on me, my friends, have pity,
for the hand of God has struck me.
for the hand of God has struck 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 you pursue me as God does?
Will you never get enough of my flesh?
Will you never get enough of 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, that my words were recorded,
that they were written on a scroll,
that they were written on a scroll,
“Oh, that my words were written!
Oh, that they were inscribed in a book!
Oh, that they were inscribed in a book!
That they were engraved on a rock
With an iron pen and lead, forever!
With an iron pen and lead, forever!
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;
I myself will see him
with my own eyes — I, and not another.
How my heart yearns within me!
with my own eyes — I, and not another.
How my heart yearns within 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,