21 “Have pity on me, my friends,(A) have pity,
    for the hand of God has struck(B) me.
22 Why do you pursue(C) me as God does?(D)
    Will you never get enough of my flesh?(E)

23 “Oh, that my words were recorded,
    that they were written on a scroll,(F)
24 that they were inscribed with an iron tool(G) on[a] lead,
    or engraved in rock forever!(H)
25 I know that my redeemer[b](I) lives,(J)
    and that in the end he will stand on the earth.[c]
26 And after my skin has been destroyed,
    yet[d] in[e] my flesh I will see God;(K)
27 I myself will see him
    with my own eyes(L)—I, and not another.
    How my heart yearns(M) within me!

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Footnotes

  1. Job 19:24 Or and
  2. Job 19:25 Or vindicator
  3. Job 19:25 Or on my grave
  4. Job 19:26 Or And after I awake, / though this body has been destroyed, / then
  5. Job 19:26 Or destroyed, / apart from

21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

22 Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?

23 Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!

24 That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!

25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:

26 And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:

27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.

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