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23 “Oh that my words were now written!
    Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
24 That with an iron pen and lead
    they were engraved in the rock forever!
25 But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives.
    In the end, he will stand upon the earth.
26 After my skin is destroyed,
    then I will see God in my flesh,
27 whom I, even I, will see on my side.
    My eyes will see, and not as a stranger.

“My heart is consumed within me.

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23 “Oh that my words were written!
    Oh that they were (A)inscribed in a book!
24 Oh that with an iron (B)pen and lead
    they were engraved in the rock forever!
25 For I (C)know that my (D)Redeemer lives,
    and at the last he will stand upon the (E)earth.[a]
26 And after my skin has been thus destroyed,
    yet in[b] my flesh I shall (F)see God,
27 whom I shall see for myself,
    and my eyes shall behold, and not (G)another.
    My heart (H)faints within me!

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Footnotes

  1. Job 19:25 Hebrew dust
  2. Job 19:26 Or without