Job 16:7-14

International Children’s Bible

⁷ God, you have surely taken away my strength.
    You have destroyed my whole family.
⁸ You have made me thin and weak.
    And people feel that this shows I have done wrong.
⁹ God attacks me and tears me with anger.
    He grinds his teeth at me.
    My enemy stares at me with his angry eyes.
¹⁰ People open their mouths to make fun of me.
    They hit my cheeks to insult me.
    They join together against me.
¹¹ God has turned me over to evil men.
    He has thrown me into the clutches of the wicked.
¹² Everything was fine with me.
    But then God broke me into pieces.
    He held me by the neck and crushed me.
He has made me his target.
¹³     God’s archers surround me.
He stabs my kidneys and has no mercy.
    He spills my blood on the ground.
¹⁴ Again and again God attacks me.
    He runs at me like a soldier.