Behold, I (A)cry out, ‘Violence!’ but I am not answered;
    I call for help, but there is no justice.
He has (B)walled up my way, so that I cannot pass,
    and he has set darkness upon my paths.
He has (C)stripped from me my glory
    and taken the (D)crown from my head.
10 He breaks me down on every side, and I (E)am gone,
    and my hope has he pulled up like a tree.
11 He has kindled his wrath against me
    and (F)counts me as his adversary.
12 His (G)troops come on together;
    they have (H)cast up their siege ramp[a] against me
    and encamp around my tent.

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  1. Job 19:12 Hebrew their way

God’s treatment of Job

If I cry “Violence!” I’m not answered;
    I shout—but there is no justice.
He walled up my path so I can’t pass
        and put darkness on my trail,
    stripped my honor from me,
        removed the crown from my head,
10     tore me down completely so that I’ll die, and uprooted my hope like a tree.
11 His anger burns against me;
    he considers me his enemy.
12 His troops come as one
    and construct their siege ramp[a] against me;
    they camp around my tent.

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  1. Job 19:12 Or their road