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Job 17:1-8
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Job 17:1-8
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The end of my life is near. I can hardly breathe; there is nothing left for me but the grave.
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I watch how bitterly everyone mocks me.
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I am being honest, God. Accept my word. There is no one else to support what I say.
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You have closed their minds to reason; don't let them triumph over me now.
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In the old proverb someone betrays his friends for money, and his children suffer for it.
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And now people use this proverb against me; they come and spit in my face.
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My grief has almost made me blind; my arms and legs are as thin as shadows.
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Those who claim to be honest are shocked, and they all condemn me as godless.
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someone . . . suffer for it; [or] someone entertains his friends while his children go hungry.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.