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“Look, I cry out, ‘Violence!’ but[a] I am not answered;
I cry out, but[b] there is no justice.
He has walled up my way so that[c] I cannot pass;
and he has set darkness upon my paths.
He has taken my glory from me,
and he has removed the crown of[d] my head.
10 He has broken me down all around, and I am gone.
And he has uprooted my hope like a tree,
11 and he has kindled his wrath against me,
and he has counted me as one of his foes.[e]
12 His troops have come together
and have thrown up their rampart[f] against me
and have encamped around my tent.

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  1. Job 19:7 Or “and”
  2. Job 19:7 Hebrew “and”
  3. Job 19:8 Hebrew “and”
  4. Job 19:9 Or “from”
  5. Job 19:11 Literally “he has counted me for him as his foes”
  6. Job 19:12 Or “siege works”; compare NRSV

Even when I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I am not answered;
    I call aloud, but there is no justice.(A)
He has walled up my way so that I cannot pass,
    and he has set darkness upon my paths.(B)
He has stripped my glory from me
    and taken the crown from my head.(C)
10 He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone;
    he has uprooted my hope like a tree.(D)
11 He has kindled his wrath against me
    and counts me as his adversary.(E)
12 His troops come on together;
    they have thrown up siegeworks[a] against me
    and encamp around my tent.(F)

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  1. 19.12 Cn: Heb their way