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CHAPTER 16

1
Then Job
answered:
2
“I have heard
many
things like these;
miserable
comforters
are you all.
3
Is there no end
to your long-winded
speeches?
What
provokes you
to
continue testifying?
4
I
could also
speak
like you
if
you
were
in my
place;
I could heap up
words
against you
and shake
my head
at you.
5
But I would encourage you
with
my mouth,
and the consolation
of my lips
would bring relief.
6
Even if
I speak,
my pain
is not
relieved,
and if I hold back,
how
will it go away?
7
Surely
He has now
exhausted me;
You have devastated
all
my family.
8
You have shriveled me up
as
a witness against me;
my frailty
rises up
and testifies
against me.
9
His anger
has torn me
and hated me;
He gnashes
His teeth
at me.
My adversary
pierces
me
with His eyes.
10
They open
their mouths
against me
and strike
my cheeks
with contempt;
they join
together
against me.
11
God
has delivered me
to
unjust men;
He has thrown me
to
the clutches
of the wicked.
12
I was
at ease,
but He shattered me;
He seized me
by the neck
and crushed me.
He has set me up
as His
target;
13
His archers
surround me.
He pierces
my kidneys
without
mercy
and spills
my gall
on the ground.
14
He breaks me
with wound
upon wound;
He rushes
me
like a warrior.
15
I have sewn
sackcloth
over
my skin;
I have buried
my horn
in the dust.
16
My face
is red
with
weeping,
and deep shadows
circle
my eyes;
17
yet
my hands
are free of
violence
and my prayer
is pure.
18
O earth,
do not
cover
my blood;
may my cry for help
never
be
laid to rest.
19
Even
now
my witness
is in heaven,
and my advocate
is on high!
20
My friends
are my scoffers
as my eyes
pour out tears
to
God.
21
Oh, that a man
might plead
with
God
as he pleads
with his neighbor!
22
For when
only a few
years
are past
I will go
the way
of no
return.
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