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“How long will you torment me
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 cast reproach upon me;
are you not ashamed to wrong me?
are you not ashamed to wrong me?
Ten times now you have reproached me;
shamelessly you attack me.
shamelessly you attack me.
And even if it be true that I have erred,
my error remains with myself.
my error remains with myself.
If it is true that I have gone astray,
my error remains my concern alone.
my error remains my concern alone.
If indeed you magnify yourselves against me
and make my disgrace an argument against me,
and make my disgrace an argument against me,
If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me
and use my humiliation against me,
and use my humiliation against me,
know then that God has put me in the wrong
and closed his net about me.
and closed his net about me.
then know that God has wronged me
and drawn his net around me.
and drawn his net around me.
Behold, I cry out, ‘Violence!’ but I am not answered;
I call for help, but there is no justice.
I call for help, but there is no justice.
“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 walled up my way, so that I cannot pass,
and he has set darkness upon my paths.
and he has set darkness upon my paths.
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 from me my glory
and taken the crown from my head.
and taken 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 breaks me down on every side, and I am gone,
and my hope has he pulled up like a tree.
and my hope has he pulled up like a tree.
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 kindled his wrath against me
and counts me as his adversary.
and counts me as his adversary.
His anger burns against me;
he counts me among his enemies.
he counts me among 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.
“He has put my brothers far from me,
and those who knew me are wholly estranged from me.
and those who knew me are wholly estranged from me.
“He has alienated my family from me;
my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.
my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.
My relatives have failed me,
my close friends have forgotten me.
my close friends have forgotten me.
My relatives have gone away;
my closest friends have forgotten me.
my closest friends have forgotten me.
The guests in my house and my maidservants count me as a stranger;
I have become a foreigner in their eyes.
I have become a foreigner in their eyes.
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.
I call to my servant, but he gives me no answer;
I must plead with him with my mouth for mercy.
I must plead with him with my mouth for mercy.
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.
My breath is strange to my wife,
and I am a stench to the children of my own mother.
and I am a stench to the children of my own mother.
My breath is offensive to my wife;
I am loathsome to my own family.
I am loathsome to my own family.
Even young children despise me;
when I rise they talk against me.
when I rise they talk against me.
Even the little boys scorn me;
when I appear, they ridicule me.
when I appear, they ridicule me.
All my intimate friends abhor me,
and those whom I loved have turned against me.
and those whom I loved have turned against me.
All my intimate friends detest me;
those I love have turned against me.
those I love have turned against me.
My bones stick 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 mercy on me, have mercy on me, O you my friends,
for the hand of God has touched me!
for the hand of God has touched me!
“Have pity on me, my friends, have pity,
for the hand of God has struck me.
for the hand of God has struck me.
Why do you, like God, pursue me?
Why are you not satisfied with my flesh?
Why are you not satisfied with my flesh?
Why do you pursue me as God does?
Will you never get enough of my flesh?
Will you never get enough of my flesh?
“Oh that my words were written!
Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
“Oh, that my words were recorded,
that they were written on a scroll,
that they were written on a scroll,
Oh that with an iron pen and lead
they were engraved in the rock forever!
they were engraved in the rock forever!
whom I shall see for myself,
and my eyes shall behold, and not another.
My heart faints within me!
and my eyes shall behold, and not another.
My heart faints within me!
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!