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it is a witness,</p> <p class="sl1">my gauntness rises up to testify against me;</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22016009" class="ver">9</span>His wrath tears and assails me,</p> <p class="sl1">he gnashes his teeth against me;</p> <p class="sl">My enemy looks daggers at me.</p> <p class="sl1"><span id="v22016010" class="ver">10</span>They gape at me with their mouths;</p> <p class="sl">They strike me on the cheek with insults;</p> <p class="sl1">they are all enlisted against me.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22016011" class="ver">11</span>God has given me over to the impious;</p> <p class="sl1">into the hands of the wicked he has cast me.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22016012" class="ver">12</span>I was in peace, but he dislodged me,</p> <p class="sl1">seized me by the neck, dashed me to pieces.</p> <p class="sl">He has set me up for a target;</p> <p class="sl1"><span id="v22016013" class="ver">13</span>his arrows strike me from all directions.</p> <p class="sl">He pierces my sides without mercy,</p> <p class="sl1">pours out my gall upon the ground.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22016014" class="ver">14</span>He pierces me, thrust upon thrust,</p> <p class="sl1">rushes at me like a warrior.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22016015" class="ver">15</span>I have sewn sackcloth on my skin,</p> <p class="sl1">laid my horn low in the dust.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22016016" class="ver">16</span>My face is inflamed with weeping,</p> <p class="sl1">darkness covers my eyes,</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22016017" class="ver">17</span>Although my hands are free from violence,</p> <p class="sl1">and my prayer sincere.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22016018" class="ver">18</span>O earth, do not cover my blood,</p> <p class="sl1">nor let my outcry come to rest!<a id="rfn22016018-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn22016018-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22016019" class="ver">19</span>Even now my witness<a id="rfn22016019-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn22016019-1">*</a> is in heaven,</p> <p class="sl1">my advocate is on high.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22016020" class="ver">20</span>My friends it is who wrong me;</p> <p class="sl1">before God my eyes shed tears,</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22016021" class="ver">21</span>That justice may be done for a mortal with God:</p> <p class="sl1">as for a man with his neighbor.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22016022" class="ver">22</span>For my years are numbered,</p> <p class="sl1">and I go the road of no return.</p> </div> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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