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Job 16:12-22

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12 I was at ease, but He has shattered me; He also has taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces; He has set me up for His target,
12 All was well with me, but he shattered me; he seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target;
13 His archers surround me. He pierces my heart and does not pity; He pours out my gall on the ground.
13 his archers surround me. Without pity, he pierces my kidneys and spills my gall on the ground.
14 He breaks me with wound upon wound; He runs at me like a warrior.
14 Again and again he bursts upon me; he rushes at me like a warrior.
15 "I have sewn sackcloth over my skin, And laid my head in the dust.
15 “I have sewed sackcloth over my skin and buried my brow in the dust.
16 My face is flushed from weeping, And on my eyelids is the shadow of death;
16 My face is red with weeping, dark shadows ring my eyes;
17 Although no violence is in my hands, And my prayer is pure.
17 yet my hands have been free of violence and my prayer is pure.
18 "O earth, do not cover my blood, And let my cry have no resting place!
18 “Earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry never be laid to rest!
19 Surely even now my witness is in heaven, And my evidence is on high.
19 Even now my witness is in heaven; my advocate is on high.
20 My friends scorn me; My eyes pour out tears to God.
20 My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God;
21 Oh, that one might plead for a man with God, As a man pleads for his neighbor!
21 on behalf of a man he pleads with God as one pleads for a friend.
22 For when a few years are finished, I shall go the way of no return.
22 “Only a few years will pass before I take the path of no return.
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