Job 19:8-22

New International Version

⁸He has blocked my way so I cannot pass;^(A)
    he has shrouded my paths in darkness.^(B)
⁹He has stripped^(C) me of my honor^(D)
    and removed the crown from my head.^(E)
¹⁰He tears me down^(F) on every side till I am gone;
    he uproots my hope^(G) like a tree.^(H)
¹¹His anger^(I) burns against me;
    he counts me among his enemies.^(J)
¹²His troops advance in force;^(K)
    they build a siege ramp^(L) against me
    and encamp around my tent.^(M)

¹³“He has alienated my family^(N) from me;
    my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.^(O)
¹⁴My relatives have gone away;
    my closest friends^(P) have forgotten me.
¹⁵My guests^(Q) and my female servants^(R) count me a foreigner;
    they look on me as on a stranger.
¹⁶I summon my servant, but he does not answer,
    though I beg him with my own mouth.
¹⁷My breath is offensive to my wife;
    I am loathsome^(S) to my own family.
¹⁸Even the little boys^(T) scorn me;
    when I appear, they ridicule me.^(U)
¹⁹All my intimate friends^(V) detest me;^(W)
    those I love have turned against me.^(X)
²⁰I am nothing but skin and bones;^(Y)
    I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.^[a]

²¹“Have pity on me, my friends,^(Z) have pity,
for the hand of God has struck^(AA) me.
²²Why do you pursue^(AB) me as God does?^(AC)
Will you never get enough of my flesh?^(AD)