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25 But I know there is someone in heaven
    who will come at last to my defense.
26 Even after my skin is eaten by disease,
    while still in this body[a] I will see God.[b]
27 I will see him with my own eyes,
    and he will not be a stranger.

My courage failed because you said,

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  1. Job 19:26 while still in this body; or although not in this body.
  2. Job 19:26 Verse 26 in Hebrew is unclear.

25 I know that my redeemer[a](A) lives,(B)
    and that in the end he will stand on the earth.[b]
26 And after my skin has been destroyed,
    yet[c] in[d] my flesh I will see God;(C)
27 I myself will see him
    with my own eyes(D)—I, and not another.
    How my heart yearns(E) within me!

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  1. Job 19:25 Or vindicator
  2. Job 19:25 Or on my grave
  3. Job 19:26 Or And after I awake, / though this body has been destroyed, / then
  4. Job 19:26 Or destroyed, / apart from