I cry out: “Violence!” but get no response;(A)
I call for help, but there is no justice.
He has blocked(B) my way so that I cannot pass through;
He has veiled my paths with darkness.(C)
He has stripped me of my honor
and removed the crown from my head.
10 He tears me down on every side so that I am ruined.[a]
He uproots my hope like a tree.(D)
11 His anger(E) burns against me,
and He regards me as one of His enemies.(F)
12 His troops advance together;
they construct a ramp[b] against me
and camp(G) around my tent.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 19:10 Lit gone
  2. Job 19:12 Lit they raise up their way

God’s treatment of Job

If I cry “Violence!” I’m not answered;
    I shout—but there is no justice.
He walled up my path so I can’t pass
        and put darkness on my trail,
    stripped my honor from me,
        removed the crown from my head,
10     tore me down completely so that I’ll die, and uprooted my hope like a tree.
11 His anger burns against me;
    he considers me his enemy.
12 His troops come as one
    and construct their siege ramp[a] against me;
    they camp around my tent.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 19:12 Or their road