“Though I cry, ‘Violence!’ I get no response;(A)
    though I call for help,(B) there is no justice.(C)
He has blocked my way so I cannot pass;(D)
    he has shrouded my paths in darkness.(E)
He has stripped(F) me of my honor(G)
    and removed the crown from my head.(H)
10 He tears me down(I) on every side till I am gone;
    he uproots my hope(J) like a tree.(K)
11 His anger(L) burns against me;
    he counts me among his enemies.(M)
12 His troops advance in force;(N)
    they build a siege ramp(O) against me
    and encamp around my tent.(P)

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“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