20 My friends scorn me;
My eyes pour out tears to God.

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20 My intercessor(A) is my friend[a](B)
    as my eyes pour out(C) tears(D) to God;

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  1. Job 16:20 Or My friends treat me with scorn

who, in the days of His flesh, when He had (A)offered up prayers and supplications, (B)with vehement cries and tears to Him (C)who was able to save Him from death, and was heard (D)because of His godly fear,

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During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions(A) with fervent cries and tears(B) to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard(C) because of his reverent submission.(D)

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I pour out my complaint before Him;
I declare before Him my trouble.

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I pour out before him my complaint;(A)
    before him I tell my trouble.(B)

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11 But they were filled with rage, and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.

The Twelve Apostles(A)

12 Now it came to pass in those days that He went out to the mountain to pray, and continued all night in (B)prayer to God.

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11 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law were furious(A) and began to discuss with one another what they might do to Jesus.

The Twelve Apostles(B)

12 One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God.(C)

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In return for my love they are my accusers,
But I give myself to prayer.

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In return for my friendship they accuse me,
    but I am a man of prayer.(A)

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Are not mockers with me?
And does not my eye [a]dwell on their (A)provocation?

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  1. Job 17:2 Lit. lodge

Surely mockers(A) surround me;(B)
    my eyes must dwell on their hostility.

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I also could speak as you do,
If your soul were in my soul’s place.
I could heap up words against you,
And (A)shake my head at you;

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I also could speak like you,
    if you were in my place;
I could make fine speeches against you
    and shake my head(A) at you.

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“I(A) am one mocked by his friends,
Who (B)called on God, and He answered him,
The just and blameless who is ridiculed.
A [a]lamp is despised in the thought of one who is at ease;
It is made ready for (C)those whose feet slip.

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  1. Job 12:5 Or disaster

“I have become a laughingstock(A) to my friends,(B)
    though I called on God and he answered(C)
    a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!(D)
Those who are at ease have contempt(E) for misfortune
    as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.(F)

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Yes, he struggled with the Angel and prevailed;
He wept, and sought favor from Him.
He found Him in (A)Bethel,
And there He spoke to us—
That is, the Lord God of hosts.
The Lord is His (B)memorable name.

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He struggled with the angel and overcame him;
    he wept and begged for his favor.
He found him at Bethel(A)
    and talked with him there—
the Lord God Almighty,
    the Lord is his name!(B)

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