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Job 19:7
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Job 19:7
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7 Even when I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I am not answered;
I call aloud, but there is no justice.(A)
Job 19:7
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Job 19:7
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Habakkuk 1:2-3
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Habakkuk 1:2-3
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The Prophet’s Complaint
2 O Lord, how long shall I cry for help,
and you will not listen?
Or cry to you “Violence!”
and you will not save?(A)
3 Why do you make me see wrongdoing
and look at trouble?
Destruction and violence are before me;
strife and contention arise.(B)
Habakkuk 1:2-3
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Habakkuk 1:2-3
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Habakkuk’s Complaint
Lamentations 3:8
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Lamentations 3:8
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8 though I call and cry for help,
he shuts out my prayer;(A)
Lamentations 3:8
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Lamentations 3:8
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Job 30:20
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Job 30:20
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20 I cry to you, and you do not answer me;
I stand, and you merely look at me.(A)
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Job 30:20
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Jeremiah 20:8
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Jeremiah 20:8
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8 For whenever I speak, I must cry out;
I must shout, “Violence and destruction!”
For the word of the Lord has become for me
a reproach and derision all day long.(A)
Jeremiah 20:8
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Jeremiah 20:8
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Psalm 22:2
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Psalm 22:2
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2 O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer;
and by night but find no rest.(A)
Psalm 22:2
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Psalm 22:2
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- Psalm 22:2 Or night, and am not silent
Job 40:8
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Job 40:8
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8 Will you even put me in the wrong?
Will you condemn me that you may be justified?(A)
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Job 40:8
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Job 34:5
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Job 34:5
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5 For Job has said, ‘I am innocent,
and God has taken away my right;
Job 34:5
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Job 34:5
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Job 31:35-36
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Job 31:35-36
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35 O that I had one to hear me!
(Here is my signature! Let the Almighty[a] answer me!)
O that I had the indictment written by my adversary!(A)
36 Surely I would carry it on my shoulder;
I would bind it on me like a crown;
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- 31.35 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
Job 31:35-36
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Job 31:35-36
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Job 23:3-7
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Job 23:3-7
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3 Oh, that I knew where I might find him,
that I might come even to his dwelling!(A)
4 I would lay my case before him
and fill my mouth with arguments.(B)
5 I would learn what he would answer me
and understand what he would say to me.
6 Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power?
No, but he would give heed to me.
7 There the upright could reason with him,
and I should be acquitted forever by my judge.(C)
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Job 23:3-7
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3 If only I knew where to find him;
if only I could go to his dwelling!(A)
4 I would state my case(B) before him
and fill my mouth with arguments.(C)
5 I would find out what he would answer me,(D)
and consider what he would say to me.
6 Would he vigorously oppose me?(E)
No, he would not press charges against me.(F)
7 There the upright(G) can establish their innocence before him,(H)
and there I would be delivered forever from my judge.(I)
Job 21:27
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Job 21:27
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27 “Oh, I know your thoughts
and your schemes to wrong me.
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Job 21:27
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27 “I know full well what you are thinking,
the schemes by which you would wrong me.
Job 16:21
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Job 16:21
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- 16.21 Syr Vg Tg: Heb and
Job 16:21
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Job 16:21
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21 on behalf of a man he pleads(A) with God
as one pleads for a friend.
Job 16:17-19
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Job 16:17-19
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17 though there is no violence in my hands,
and my prayer is pure.(A)
18 “O earth, do not cover my blood;
let my outcry find no resting place.(B)
19 Even now my witness is in heaven,
and my advocate is on high.(C)
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