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“How long will you torment my soul,
And break me in pieces with words?
And break me in pieces with words?
“How long will you torment me
And crush me with words?
And crush me with words?
“These ten times you have insulted me;
You are not ashamed to wrong me.
You are not ashamed to wrong me.
And if indeed I have erred,
My error remains with me.
My error remains with me.
“Even if I have truly erred,
My error lodges with me.
My error lodges with me.
If indeed you exalt yourselves against me,
And plead my disgrace against me,
And plead my disgrace against me,
“If indeed you vaunt yourselves against me
And prove my disgrace to me,
And prove my disgrace to me,
Know then that God has wronged me,
And has surrounded me with His net.
And has 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.
Everything Is against Him
“Behold, I cry, ‘Violence!’ but I get no answer;
I shout for help, but there is no justice.
“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 has stripped me of my glory,
And taken the crown from my head.
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 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.
“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.
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.
“He has also kindled His anger against me
And considered me as His enemy.
And considered me as His enemy.
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.
“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 has removed my brothers far from me,
And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.
And 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 failed,
And my close friends have forgotten me.
And my close friends have forgotten me.
“My relatives have failed,
And my intimate friends have forgotten me.
And my intimate friends have forgotten me.
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.
“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 call my servant, but he gives no answer;
I beg him with my mouth.
I beg 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 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 arise, and they speak against me.
I arise, 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 close friends abhor me,
And those whom I love have turned against me.
And those whom I love have 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 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.
“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 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!
“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 you persecute me as God does,
And are not satisfied with my flesh?
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, that my words were written!
Oh, that they were inscribed in a book!
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 they were engraved on a rock
With an iron pen and lead, forever!
With an iron pen and lead, forever!
“That with an iron stylus and lead
They were engraved in the rock forever!
They were engraved in the rock 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;
“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.
“Even after my skin is destroyed,
Yet from my flesh I shall see God;
Yet from my flesh I shall see God;
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 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,
“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?’