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I will announce loudly, but there is no one who may judge.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/19-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>He has hemmed in my path, and I cannot pass; he has added darkness to my difficult path.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/19-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>He has plundered me of my glory, and he has stolen the crown from my head.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/19-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>He has destroyed me on every side, and I am lost, and, like an uprooted tree, he has taken away my hope.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/19-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>His fury has raged against me, and in this way he has treated me like his enemy.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/19-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>His troops have gathered together, and they have made their way to me, and they have besieged my tabernacle all around.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/19-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>He has put my brothers far from me, and my friends have withdrawn from me like strangers.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/19-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>My kinsmen have forsaken me, and those who knew me, have forgotten me.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/19-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The inhabitants of my house and my maidservants treat me just as if I were a stranger, and I have been like an sojourner in their eyes.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/19-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>I called my servant, and he did not respond; I pleaded with him with my own mouth.<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/19-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>My wife has shuddered at my breath, and I have begged the sons of my loins.<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/19-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Even the foolish have looked down on me, and, when I withdrew from them, they spoke ill of me.<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/19-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Those who were sometime my counselors, treat me like an abomination; and he whom I valued the most has turned against me.<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/19-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Since my flesh has been consumed, my bone adheres to my skin, and only my lips have been left around my teeth.<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/19-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Have mercy on me, have compassion on me, at least you my friends, because the hand of the Lord has touched me.<p> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/19-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Why do you pursue me just as God does, and satiate yourselves with my flesh?<p> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/19-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Who will grant to me that my words may be written down? Who will grant to me that they may be inscribed in a book,<p> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/19-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>with an iron pen and a plate of lead, or else be carved in stone?<p> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/19-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>For I know that my Redeemer lives, and on the last day I will rise out of the earth.<p> <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/19-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And I will be enveloped again with my skin, and in my flesh I will see my God.<p> <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/19-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>It is he whom I myself will see, and he whom my eyes will behold, and no other. This, my hope, has taken rest in my bosom.<p> <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/19-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Why then do you now say: “Let us pursue him, and let us find a basis to speak against him?”<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/job/19-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>So then, flee from the face of the sword, for the sword is the avenger of iniquities; but know this: there is to be a judgment.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Catholic Public Domain Version<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../job/18.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 18"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 18" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../job/20.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 20"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 20" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>