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"How long will you hurt me and crush me with your words? |
3
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You have insulted me ten times now. You have attacked me without shame! |
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Even if I have sinned, it is my problem, not yours! |
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You want me to look bad to make yourselves look good. You say my troubles are proof that I did wrong. |
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I want you to know it was God who did this. He set this trap for me. |
7
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I shout, 'He hurt me!' but get no answer. No one hears my cry for fairness. |
8
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God has blocked my way to keep me from getting through. He has hidden my path in darkness. |
9
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He took away my honor. He took the crown from my head. |
10
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He hits me on every side until I am worn out. He takes away my hope. It is like a tree pulled up by the roots. |
11
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His anger burns against me. He treats me like an enemy. |
12
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He sends his army to attack me. They build attack towers around me. They camp around my tent. |
13
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"God has made my brothers hate me. Those who knew me have become strangers. |
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My relatives have left me. My friends have forgotten me. |
15
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My servant girls and visitors in my home look at me as if I am a stranger and a foreigner. |
16
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I call for my servant, but he does not answer. Even if I beg for help, he will not answer. |
17
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My wife hates the smell of my breath. My own brothers hate me. |
18
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Even little children make fun of me. When I get up, they say bad things about me. |
19
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All my close friends hate me. Even my loved ones have turned against me. |
20
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"I am so thin, my skin hangs loose on my bones. I have little life left in me. |
21
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"Pity me, my friends, pity me, because God is against me. |
22
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Why do you persecute me like God does? Don't you get tired of hurting me? |
23
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"I wish someone would write down everything I say. I wish my words were written on a scroll. |
24
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I wish they were carved with an iron tool into lead or scratched on a rock so that they would last forever. |
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I know that there is someone to defend me and that he lives! And in the end, he will stand here on earth and defend me. |
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After I leave my body and my skin has been destroyed, I know I will still see God. |
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I will see him with my own eyes. I myself, not someone else, will see God. And I cannot tell you how excited that makes me feel! |
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"Maybe you will say, 'How can we push Job a little harder and make him realize that he is the source of his problems?' |
29
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But you need to worry about your own punishment. God might use the sword against you so that you will know that there is a time of judgment." |
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