Job 16:11-21

11 God has handed me over to evil people.
12 I was living in peace, but God took me by the throat and battered me and crushed me. God uses me for target practice
13 and shoots arrows at me from every side - arrows that pierce and wound me; and even then he shows no pity.
14 He wounds me again and again; he attacks like a soldier gone mad with hate.
15 I mourn and wear clothes made of sackcloth, and I sit here in the dust defeated.
16 I have cried until my face is red, and my eyes are swollen and circled with shadows,
17 but I am not guilty of any violence, and my prayer to God is sincere.
18 O Earth, don't hide the wrongs done to me! Don't let my call for justice be silenced!
19 There is someone in heaven 1 to stand up for me and take my side.
20 My friends scorn me; my eyes pour out tears to God.
21 I want someone to plead with God for me, as one pleads for a friend.

Cross References 1

  • 1. 16.19Job 19.25.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.