Surely now God has worn me out;
    (A)he has[a] made desolate all my company.
And he has shriveled me up,
    which is (B)a witness against me,
and my (C)leanness has risen up against me;
    it testifies to my face.
He has (D)torn me in his wrath (E)and hated me;
    he has (F)gnashed his teeth at me;
    my adversary sharpens his eyes against me.
10 Men have (G)gaped at me with their mouth;
    they have (H)struck me insolently on the cheek;
    they (I)mass themselves together against me.
11 God gives me up to the ungodly
    and casts me into the hands of the wicked.
12 I was at ease, and he broke me apart;
    he seized me by the neck and dashed me to pieces;
he set me up as his (J)target;
13     his (K)archers surround me.
He slashes open my kidneys (L)and does not spare;
    he (M)pours out my gall on the ground.
14 He breaks me with (N)breach upon breach;
    he (O)runs upon me like a warrior.

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Notas al pie

  1. Job 16:7 Hebrew you have; also verse 8

“O God, you have ground me down
    and devastated my family.
As if to prove I have sinned, you’ve reduced me to skin and bones.
    My gaunt flesh testifies against me.
God hates me and angrily tears me apart.
    He snaps his teeth at me
    and pierces me with his eyes.
10 People jeer and laugh at me.
    They slap my cheek in contempt.
    A mob gathers against me.
11 God has handed me over to sinners.
    He has tossed me into the hands of the wicked.

12 “I was living quietly until he shattered me.
    He took me by the neck and broke me in pieces.
Then he set me up as his target,
13     and now his archers surround me.
His arrows pierce me without mercy.
    The ground is wet with my blood.[a]
14 Again and again he smashes against me,
    charging at me like a warrior.

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Notas al pie

  1. 16:13 Hebrew my gall.