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Behold, I [a]cry out of wrong, but I am not heard:
I cry for help, but there is no justice.
He hath walled up my way that I cannot pass,
And hath set darkness in my paths.
He hath stripped me of my glory,
And taken the crown from my head.
10 He hath broken me down on every side, and I am gone;
And my hope hath he plucked up like a tree.
11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me,
And he counteth me unto him as one of his adversaries.
12 His troops come on together,
And cast up their way against me,
And encamp round about my tent.

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  1. Job 19:7 Or, cry out, Violence!

“Look, I cry out, ‘Violence!’ but[a] I am not answered;
I cry out, but[b] there is no justice.
He has walled up my way so that[c] I cannot pass;
and he has set darkness upon my paths.
He has taken my glory from me,
and he has removed the crown of[d] my head.
10 He has broken me down all around, and I am gone.
And he has uprooted my hope like a tree,
11 and he has kindled his wrath against me,
and he has counted me as one of his foes.[e]
12 His troops have come together
and have thrown up their rampart[f] against me
and have encamped around my tent.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 19:7 Or “and”
  2. Job 19:7 Hebrew “and”
  3. Job 19:8 Hebrew “and”
  4. Job 19:9 Or “from”
  5. Job 19:11 Literally “he has counted me for him as his foes”
  6. Job 19:12 Or “siege works”; compare NRSV