Job 19 | Strong's Bible

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CHAPTER 19

Then Job

answered:

“How long

will you torment

me

and crush me

with words?

Ten

times

now,

you have reproached me;

you shamelessly

mistreat

me.

Even if

I have truly gone astray,

my error

concerns

me alone.

If

indeed

you would exalt yourselves

above me

and use my disgrace

against me,

then

understand

that

it is God

who has wronged me

and drawn His net

around

me.

Though

I cry out,

‘Violence!’

I get no

response;

though I call for help,

there is no

justice.

He has blocked

my way

so I cannot

pass;

He has veiled

my paths

with darkness.

He has stripped

me of my honor

and removed

the crown

from my head.

He tears me down

on every side

until I am gone;

He uproots

my hope

like a tree.

His anger

burns

against me,

and He counts me

among His enemies.

His troops

advance

together;

they construct

a ramp

against me

and encamp

around

my tent.

He has removed

my brothers

from

me;

my acquaintances

have abandoned me.

My kinsmen

have failed me,

and my friends

have forgotten me.

My guests

and maidservants

count me

as a stranger;

I am

a foreigner

in their sight.

I call

for my servant,

but he does not

answer,

though I implore

him

with

my own mouth.

My breath

is repulsive

to my wife,

and I am loathsome

to my own family.

Even

little boys

scorn

me;

when I appear,

they deride

me.

All

my best friends

despise me,

and those

I love

have turned

against me.

My skin

and flesh

cling

to my bones;

I have escaped

by the skin

of my teeth.

Have pity on me,

my friends,

have pity,

for

the hand

of God

has struck

me.

Why

do you persecute

me as

God does?

Will you never

get enough

of my flesh?

I wish

that my words

were recorded

and inscribed

in a book,

by an iron

stylus

on lead,

or chiseled

in stone

forever.

But I

know

that my Redeemer

lives,

and that at the last

He will stand

upon

the earth.

Even after

my skin

has been destroyed,

yet in my flesh

I will see

God.

I

will see

Him

for myself;

my eyes

will behold Him,

and not

as a stranger.

How my heart

yearns

within me!

If

you say,

‘How

shall we persecute

him,

since the root

of the matter

lies

with him?’

then you should fear

the sword

yourselves,

because

wrath

brings punishment

by the sword,

so that

you may know

there is a judgment.”

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