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2
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"I have heard many things like these before. What miserable comforters are you all! |
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Will there be an end to your windy words? Or what provokes you that you answer? |
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4
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I also could speak like you, if you were in my place; I could pile up words against you and I could shake my head at you. |
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5
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But I would strengthen you with my words; comfort from my lips would bring you relief. |
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"But if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I refrain from speaking— how much of it goes away? |
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7
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Surely now he has worn me out, you have devastated my entire household. |
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8
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You have seized me, and it has become a witness; my leanness has risen up against me and testifies against me. |
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9
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His anger has torn me and persecuted me; he has gnashed at me with his teeth; my adversary locks his eyes on me. |
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10
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People have opened their mouths against me, they have struck my cheek in scorn; they unite together against me. |
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11
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God abandons me to evil men, and throws me into the hands of wicked men. |
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12
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I was in peace, and he has shattered me. He has seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target; |
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13
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his archers surround me. Without pity he pierces my kidneys and pours out my gall on the ground. |
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14
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He breaks through against me, time and time again; he rushes against me like a warrior. |
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15
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I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and buried my horn in the dust; |
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16
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my face is reddened because of weeping, and on my eyelids there is a deep darkness, |
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17
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although there is no violence in my hands and my prayer is pure. |
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18
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"O earth, do not cover my blood, nor let there be a secret place for my cry. |
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19
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Even now my witness is in heaven; my advocate is on high. |
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20
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My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God; |
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21
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and he contends with God on behalf of man as a man pleads for his friend. |
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22
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For the years that lie ahead are few, and then I will go on the way of no return. |
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