Know now, that God hath [a]overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.

Behold, I cry out of violence, but I have none answer: I cry, but there is no judgment.

He hath hedged up my way that I cannot [b]pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 19:6 He bursteth out again into his passions, and declareth still that his affliction cometh of God, though he be not able to feel the cause in himself.
  2. Job 19:8 Meaning, out of his afflictions.

then know that God has wronged me(A)
    and drawn his net(B) around me.(C)

“Though I cry, ‘Violence!’ I get no response;(D)
    though I call for help,(E) there is no justice.(F)
He has blocked my way so I cannot pass;(G)
    he has shrouded my paths in darkness.(H)

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