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<t><p class="indent1">You are<MH954> not ashamed<MH954> to wrong<MH1970> me. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/19-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“Even<MH637> <i>if</i> I have truly<MH551> done<MH7686> wrong<MH7686>, <t><p class="indent1">My error<MH4879> stays<MH3885a> with me. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/19-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“If<MH518> indeed<MH551> you exalt<MH1431> yourselves against<MH5921> me <t><p class="indent1">And prove<MH3198> my disgrace<MH2781> to me, <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/19-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Know<MH3045> then<MH645> that God<MH433> has wronged<MH5791> me <t><p class="indent1">And has surrounded<MH5362b> me with His net<MH4685b>. <p class="hdg">Everything Is Against Him</p><poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/19-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“Behold<MH2005>, I cry<MH6817>, ‘Violence<MH2555>!’ but I get<MH6030a> no<MH3808> answer<MH6030a>; <t><p class="indent1">I shout<MH7768> for<MH7768> help<MH7768>, but there<MH369> is<MH369> no<MH369> justice<MH4941>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/19-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“He has blocked<MH1443> my way<MH734> so that I cannot<MH3808> pass<MH5674a>, <t><p class="indent1">And He has put<MH7760> darkness<MH2822> on my paths<MH5410b>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/19-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“He has stripped<MH6584> my honor<MH3519b> from me <t><p class="indent1">And removed<MH5493> the crown<MH5850> from my head<MH7218>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/19-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“He breaks<MH5422> me down<MH5422> on every<MH5439> side<MH5439>, and I am gone<MH1980>; <t><p class="indent1">And He has uprooted<MH5265> my hope<MH8615b> like a tree<MH6086>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/19-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“He has also kindled<MH2734> His anger<MH639> against<MH5921> me <t><p class="indent1">And considered<MH2803> me as His enemy<MH6862c>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/19-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“His troops<MH1416> come<MH935> together<MH3162> <t><p class="indent1">And build<MH5549> up<MH5549> their <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>way<MH1870> against<MH5921> me <t><p class="indent1">And camp<MH2583> around<MH5439> my tent<MH168>. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/19-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“He has removed<MH7368> my brothers<MH251> far<MH7368> from me, <t><p class="indent1">And my acquaintances<MH3045> have completely<MH389> turned<MH2114a> away<MH2114a> from me. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/19-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“My relatives<MH7138> have failed<MH2308>, <t><p class="indent1">And my close<MH3045> friends<MH3045> have forgotten<MH7911> me. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/19-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“Those who live<MH1481a> in my house<MH1004> and my servant<MH519> women<MH519> consider<MH2803> me a stranger<MH2114a>. <t><p class="indent1">I am<MH1961> a foreigner<MH5237> in their sight<MH5869>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/19-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“I call<MH7121> to my servant<MH5650>, but he does not answer<MH6030a>; <t><p class="indent1">I have to implore<MH2603a> his favor<MH2603a> with my mouth<MH6310>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/19-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“My breath<MH7307> is offensive<MH2114b> to my wife<MH802>, <t><p class="indent1">And I am loathsome<MH2603b> to my own brothers<MH1121, 990>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/19-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“Even<MH1571> young<MH5759> children<MH5759> despise<MH3988a> me; <t><p class="indent1">I stand<MH6965> up<MH6965> and they speak<MH1696> against me. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/19-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“All<MH3605> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>my associates<MH4962> loathe<MH8581> me, <t><p class="indent1">And those<MH2088> I love<MH157> have turned<MH2015> against me. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/19-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“My bone<MH6106> clings<MH1692> to my skin<MH5785> and my flesh<MH1320>, <t><p class="indent1">And I have escaped<MH4422> <i>only</i> by the skin<MH5785> of my teeth<MH8127>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/19-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>“Pity<MH2603a> me, pity<MH2603a> me, you friends<MH7453> of mine, <t><p class="indent1">For the hand<MH3027> of God<MH433> has struck<MH5221> me. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/19-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>“Why<MH4100> do you persecute<MH7291> me as God<MH410> <i>does,</i> <t><p class="indent1">And are<MH7646> not satisfied<MH7646> with my flesh<MH1320>? <p class="hdg">Job Says My Redeemer Lives</p><poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/19-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>“Oh<MH4310, 5414> that<MH4310, 5414> my words<MH4405> were written<MH3789>! <t><p class="indent1">Oh<MH4310, 5414> that<MH4310, 5414> they were recorded<MH2710> in a book<MH5612>! <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/19-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>“That with an iron<MH1270> stylus<MH5842> and lead<MH5777> <t><p class="indent1">They were engraved<MH2672> in the rock<MH6697> forever<MH5703>! <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/19-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>“Yet as for me, I know<MH3045> that my Redeemer<MH1350> lives<MH2416a>, <t><p class="indent1">And at the last<MH314>, He will take<MH6965> His stand<MH6965> on the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>earth<MH6083>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/19-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>“Even after<MH310> my skin<MH5785> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[e]</a></span>is destroyed<MH5362a>, <t><p class="indent1">Yet from my flesh<MH1320> I will see<MH2372> God<MH433>, <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/19-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Whom<MH834> I, on my part<MH589>, shall behold<MH2372> for myself, <t><p class="indent1">And <i>whom</i> my eyes<MH5869> will see<MH7200>, and not another<MH2114a>. <t><p class="indent1">My <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[f]</a></span>heart<MH3629> faints<MH3615> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[g]</a></span>within<MH2436> me! <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/19-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>“If<MH3588> you say<MH559>, ‘How<MH4100> shall we persecute<MH7291> him?’ <t><p class="indent1">And ‘<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[h]</a></span>What pretext<MH8328> for a case<MH1697> against him can we find<MH4672>?’ <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/19-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>“<i>Then</i> be afraid<MH1481c> of the sword<MH2719> for yourselves, <t><p class="indent1">For wrath<MH2534> <i>brings</i> the punishment<MH5771> of the sword<MH2719>, <t><p class="indent1">So<MH4616> that<MH4616> you may know<MH3045> there is judgment<MH1779>.”<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">2</span> Lit <i>my soul</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">12</span> I.e., siege ramp<br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">19</span> Lit <i>the men of my council</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">25</span> Lit <i>dust</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[e]</span> <span class="fnverse">26</span> Lit <i>which they have cut off</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[f]</span> <span class="fnverse">27</span> Lit <i>kidneys</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[g]</span> <span class="fnverse">27</span> Lit <i>in my loins</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[h]</span> <span class="fnverse">28</span> Or <i>the root of the matter is found in him</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">New American Standard Bible<br>Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020<br>by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. 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