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)
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)
Lamentations 3:8
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8 though I call and cry for help,
he shuts out my prayer;(A)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Job 34:5
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5 For Job has said, ‘I am innocent,
and God has taken away my right;
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;
Footnotes
- 31.35 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
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)
Job 21:27
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27 “Oh, I know your thoughts
and your schemes to wrong me.
Job 16:21
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Footnotes
- 16.21 Syr Vg Tg: Heb and
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)
Job 13:15-23
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15 See, he will kill me; I have no hope;[a]
but I will defend my ways to his face.(A)
16 This will be my salvation,
that the godless shall not come before him.(B)
17 Listen carefully to my words,
and let my declaration be in your ears.(C)
18 I have indeed prepared my case;
I know that I shall be vindicated.
19 Who is there who will contend with me?
For then I would be silent and die.(D)
Job’s Despondent Prayer
20 “Only grant two things to me;
then I will not hide myself from your face:
21 withdraw your hand far from me,
and do not let dread of you terrify me.(E)
22 Then call, and I will answer;
or let me speak, and you reply to me.(F)
23 How many are my iniquities and my sins?
Make me know my transgression and my sin.(G)
Footnotes
- 13.15 Or Though he kill me, yet I will trust in him
Job 10:15-17
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15 If I am wicked, woe to me!
If I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head,
for I am filled with disgrace
and look upon my affliction.(A)
16 Bold as a lion you hunt me;
you repeat your exploits against me.(B)
17 You renew your witnesses against me
and increase your vexation toward me;
you bring fresh troops against me.[a](C)
Footnotes
- 10.17 Cn Compare Gk: Heb toward me; changes and a troop are with me
Job 10:3
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3 Does it seem good to you to oppress,
to despise the work of your hands
and favor the schemes of the wicked?(A)
Job 9:32
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32 For he is not a mortal, as I am, that I might answer him,
that we should come to trial together.(A)
Job 9:24
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24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked;
he covers the eyes of its judges—
if it is not he, who then is it?(A)
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