Surely now God has worn me out;
    (A)he has[a] made desolate all my company.
And he has shriveled me up,
    which is (B)a witness against me,
and my (C)leanness has risen up against me;
    it testifies to my face.
He has (D)torn me in his wrath (E)and hated me;
    he has (F)gnashed his teeth at me;
    my adversary sharpens his eyes against me.
10 Men have (G)gaped at me with their mouth;
    they have (H)struck me insolently on the cheek;
    they (I)mass themselves together against me.
11 God gives me up to the ungodly
    and casts me into the hands of the wicked.
12 I was at ease, and he broke me apart;
    he seized me by the neck and dashed me to pieces;
he set me up as his (J)target;
13     his (K)archers surround me.
He slashes open my kidneys (L)and does not spare;
    he (M)pours out my gall on the ground.
14 He breaks me with (N)breach upon breach;
    he (O)runs upon me like a warrior.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 16:7 Hebrew you have; also verse 8

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