“If I cry out concerning [a]wrong, I am not heard.
If I cry aloud, there is no justice.
(A)He has [b]fenced up my way, so that I cannot pass;
And He has set darkness in my paths.
(B)He has stripped me of my glory,
And taken the crown from my head.
10 He breaks me down on every side,
And I am gone;
My (C)hope He has uprooted like a tree.
11 He has also kindled His wrath against me,
And (D)He counts me as one of His enemies.
12 His troops come together
And build up their road against me;
They encamp all around my tent.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 19:7 violence
  2. Job 19:8 walled off my way

“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