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But now, God, you have surely worn me out.
    You have made all my company desolate.
You have shriveled me up. This is a witness against me.
    My leanness rises up against me.
    It testifies to my face.
He has torn me in his wrath and persecuted me.
    He has gnashed on me with his teeth.
    My adversary sharpens his eyes on me.
10 They have gaped on me with their mouth.
    They have struck me on the cheek reproachfully.
    They gather themselves together against me.
11 God delivers me to the ungodly,
    and casts me into the hands of the wicked.
12 I was at ease, and he broke me apart.
    Yes, he has taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces.
    He has also set me up for his target.
13 His archers surround me.
    He splits my kidneys apart, and does not spare.
    He pours out my bile on the ground.
14 He breaks me with breach on breach.
    He runs at me like a giant.

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But now he hath made me weary:
Thou hast made desolate all my company.
And thou hast [a]laid fast hold on me, which is a witness against me:
And my leanness riseth up against me,
It testifieth to my face.
He hath torn me in his wrath, and [b]persecuted me;
He hath gnashed upon me with his teeth:
Mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth;
They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully:
They gather themselves together against me.
11 God delivereth me to the ungodly,
And casteth me into the hands of the wicked.
12 I was at ease, and he brake me asunder;
Yea, he hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces:
He hath also set me up for his mark.
13 His [c]archers compass me round about;
He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare;
He poureth out my gall upon the ground.
14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach;
He runneth upon me like a [d]giant.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 16:8 Or, shrivelled me up
  2. Job 16:9 Or, hated
  3. Job 16:13 Or, arrows. Or, mighty ones
  4. Job 16:14 Or, mighty man