“Though I cry, ‘Violence!’ I get no response;(A)
    though I call for help,(B) there is no justice.(C)
He has blocked my way so I cannot pass;(D)
    he has shrouded my paths in darkness.(E)
He has stripped(F) me of my honor(G)
    and removed the crown from my head.(H)
10 He tears me down(I) on every side till I am gone;
    he uproots my hope(J) like a tree.(K)
11 His anger(L) burns against me;
    he counts me among his enemies.(M)
12 His troops advance in force;(N)
    they build a siege ramp(O) against me
    and encamp around my tent.(P)

13 “He has alienated my family(Q) from me;
    my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.(R)
14 My relatives have gone away;
    my closest friends(S) have forgotten me.
15 My guests(T) and my female servants(U) count me a foreigner;
    they look on me as on a stranger.
16 I summon my servant, but he does not answer,
    though I beg him with my own mouth.
17 My breath is offensive to my wife;
    I am loathsome(V) to my own family.
18 Even the little boys(W) scorn me;
    when I appear, they ridicule me.(X)
19 All my intimate friends(Y) detest me;(Z)
    those I love have turned against me.(AA)
20 I am nothing but skin and bones;(AB)
    I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.[a]

21 “Have pity on me, my friends,(AC) have pity,
    for the hand of God has struck(AD) me.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 19:20 Or only by my gums

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