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“How long will you torment me
and crush me with words?
and crush me with words?
“How long will you torture me?
How long will you try to crush me with your words?
How long will you try to crush me with your words?
Ten times now you have reproached me;
shamelessly you attack me.
shamelessly you attack me.
You have already insulted me ten times.
You should be ashamed of treating me so badly.
You should be ashamed of treating me so badly.
If it is true that I have gone astray,
my error remains my concern alone.
my error remains my concern alone.
Even if I have sinned,
that is my concern, not yours.
that is my concern, not yours.
If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me
and use my humiliation against me,
and use my humiliation against me,
You think you’re better than I am,
using my humiliation as evidence of my sin.
using my humiliation as evidence of my sin.
then know that God has wronged me
and drawn his net around me.
and drawn his net around me.
“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.
“I cry out, ‘Help!’ but no one answers me.
I protest, but there is no justice.
I protest, but 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.
God has blocked my way so I cannot move.
He has plunged my path into darkness.
He has plunged my path into 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 honor
and removed the crown from my head.
and removed 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 has demolished me on every side, and I am finished.
He has uprooted my hope like a fallen tree.
He has uprooted my hope like a fallen tree.
His anger burns against me;
he counts me among his enemies.
he counts me among his enemies.
His fury burns against me;
he counts me as an enemy.
he counts me as an enemy.
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 advance.
They build up roads to attack me.
They camp all around my tent.
They build up roads to attack me.
They camp 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.
“My relatives stay far away,
and my friends have turned against me.
and my friends have turned against me.
My relatives have gone away;
my closest friends have forgotten me.
my closest friends have forgotten me.
My family is gone,
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.
My servants and maids consider me a stranger.
I am like a foreigner to them.
I am like a foreigner to them.
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.
When I call my servant, he doesn’t come;
I have to plead with him!
I have to plead with him!
My breath is offensive to my wife;
I am loathsome to my own family.
I am loathsome to my own family.
My breath is repulsive to my wife.
I am rejected by my own family.
I am rejected by 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.
When I stand to speak, they turn their backs on me.
When I stand to speak, they turn their backs on me.
All my intimate friends detest me;
those I love have turned against me.
those I love have turned against me.
My close friends detest me.
Those I loved have turned against me.
Those I loved have turned against me.
I have been reduced to skin and bones
and have escaped death by the skin of my teeth.
and have escaped death 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 mercy on me, my friends, have mercy,
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?
Must you also persecute me, like God does?
Haven’t you chewed me up enough?
Haven’t you chewed me up enough?
“Oh, that my words were recorded,
that they were written on a scroll,
that they were written on a scroll,
“Oh, that my words could be recorded.
Oh, that they could be inscribed on a monument,
Oh, that they could be inscribed on a monument,
carved with an iron chisel and filled with lead,
engraved forever in the rock.
engraved forever in the rock.
“But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives,
and he will stand upon the earth at last.
and he will stand upon the earth at last.
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!
I will see him for myself.
Yes, I will see him with my own eyes.
I am overwhelmed at the thought!
Yes, I will see him with my own eyes.
I am overwhelmed at the thought!
“How dare you go on persecuting me,
saying, ‘It’s his own fault’?
saying, ‘It’s his own fault’?