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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 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.
Ten times now you have reproached me;
shamelessly you attack me.
shamelessly you attack me.
“Even if I have truly erred,
My error lodges with me.
My error lodges with me.
If it is true that I have gone astray,
my error remains my concern alone.
my error remains my concern alone.
“If indeed you vaunt yourselves against me
And prove my disgrace to me,
And prove my disgrace to 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 wronged me
And has closed His net around me.
And has closed His net around me.
then know that God has wronged me
and drawn his net around me.
and drawn 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.
“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 put darkness on my paths.
And He has put darkness on 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 my honor from me
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 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 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 also kindled His anger against me
And considered me as His enemy.
And considered me as His enemy.
His anger burns against me;
he counts me among his enemies.
he counts me among his enemies.
“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.
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 removed my brothers far from me,
And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.
And my acquaintances are completely 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,
And my intimate friends have forgotten me.
And my intimate friends have forgotten me.
My relatives have gone away;
my closest friends have forgotten me.
my closest friends have forgotten me.
“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.
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 does not answer;
I have to implore him with my mouth.
I have to implore him with my mouth.
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 offensive to my wife,
And I am loathsome to my own brothers.
And I am loathsome to my own brothers.
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;
I rise up and they speak against me.
I rise up and they speak against me.
Even the little boys scorn me;
when I appear, they ridicule me.
when I appear, they ridicule me.
“All my associates abhor me,
And those I love have turned against me.
And those I love 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 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.
“Pity me, pity me, O you my friends,
For the hand of God has struck me.
For the hand of God has struck 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 persecute me as God does,
And are not satisfied with my flesh?
And are 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?
Job Says, “My Redeemer Lives”
“Oh that my words were written!
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,
“That with an iron stylus and lead
They were engraved in the rock forever!
They were engraved in the rock forever!
“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!
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 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?’