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<p class="indent2"> What provokes you to continue testifying? <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/16-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I could also speak like you <p class="indent2"> if you were in my place; <p class="indent1"> I could heap up words against you <p class="indent2"> and shake my head at you. <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/16-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>But I would encourage you with my mouth, <p class="indent2"> and the consolation of my lips would bring relief. <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/16-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Even if I speak, my pain is not relieved, <p class="indent2"> and if I hold back, how will it go away? <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/16-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Surely He has now exhausted me; <p class="indent2"> You have devastated all my family. <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/16-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>You have bound me, and it has become a witness; <p class="indent2"> my frailty rises up and testifies against me. <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/16-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>His anger has torn me and opposed me; <p class="indent2"> He gnashes His teeth at me. <p class="indent2"> My adversary pierces me with His eyes. <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/16-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>They open their mouths against me <p class="indent2"> and strike my cheeks with contempt; <p class="indent2"> they join together against me. <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/16-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>God has delivered me to unjust men; <p class="indent2"> He has thrown me to the clutches of the wicked. <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/16-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>I was at ease, but He shattered me; <p class="indent2"> He seized me by the neck and crushed me. <p class="indent1"> He has set me up as His target; <A name="14"></a><p class="indent2"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/16-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>His archers surround me. <p class="indent1"> He pierces my kidneys without mercy <p class="indent2"> and spills my gall on the ground. <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/16-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>He breaks me with wound upon wound; <p class="indent2"> He rushes me like a mighty warrior. <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/16-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>I have sewn sackcloth over my skin; <p class="indent2"> I have buried my horn in the dust. <A name="17"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/16-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>My face is red with weeping, <p class="indent2"> and deep shadows ring my eyes; <A name="18"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/16-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>yet my hands are free of violence <p class="indent2"> and my prayer is pure. <A name="19"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/16-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>O earth, do not cover my blood; <p class="indent2"> may my cry for help never be laid to rest. <A name="20"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/16-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Even now my witness is in heaven, <p class="indent2"> and my advocate is on high. <A name="21"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/16-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>My friends are my scoffers <p class="indent2"> as my eyes pour out tears to God. <A name="22"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/16-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Oh, that a man might plead with God <p class="indent2"> as he pleads with his neighbor! <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/16-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>For when only a few years are past <p class="indent2"> I will go the way of no return.</p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Standard Bible (BSB)</a> printed 2016, 2020, 2022, 2025 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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