Job 19:7-12

New International Reader's Version

⁷ “I cry out, ‘Someone harmed me!’
    But I don’t get any reply.
I call out for help.
    But I’m not treated fairly.
⁸ God has blocked my way, and I can’t get through.
    He has made my paths so dark I can’t see where I’m going.
⁹ He has taken my wealth away from me.
    He has stripped me of my honor.
¹⁰ He tears me down on every side until I’m gone.
    He pulls up the roots of my hope as if I were a tree.
¹¹ His anger burns against me.
    He thinks I’m one of his enemies.
¹² His troops march toward me in force.
    They come at me from every direction.
    They camp around my tent.