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“I cry out, ‘Help!’ but no one answers me.
    I protest, but there is no justice.
God has blocked my way so I cannot move.
    He has plunged my path into darkness.
He has stripped me of my honor
    and removed the crown from my head.
10 He has demolished me on every side, and I am finished.
    He has uprooted my hope like a fallen tree.
11 His fury burns against me;
    he counts me as an enemy.
12 His troops advance.
    They build up roads to attack me.
    They camp all around my tent.

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Job Accuses God of Being Angry

“Although I cried out ‘Violence!’
    I received no answer;
I cried for help,
    but there was no justice.
He blocked my path,
    so I cannot pass;
        and he turned out the lights on my pathways.

“He has stripped me of my honor;
    he has stolen the crown off my head!
10 He is breaking me down on every side,
    and now it’s too late for me;[a]
        he has uprooted my hopes like a tree.
11 His anger burns against me;
    he regards me as his adversary.
12 His troops march[b] in a column[c] against me,
    erecting their siege ramps against me;
        they surround my tent.”

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Footnotes

  1. Job 19:10 Lit. and I’m gone
  2. Job 19:12 Or proceed
  3. Job 19:12 Or together