Job 19:3-21 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

3. Isn't ten times enoughfor you to accuse me?Aren't you ashamed?

4. Even if I have sinned,you haven't been harmed.

5. You boast of your goodness,claiming I am sufferingbecause I am guilty.

6. But God is the one at faultfor finding fault with me.

7. Though I pray to be rescuedfrom this torment,no whisper of justiceanswers me.

8. God has me trappedwith a wall of darkness

9. and stripped of respect.

10. God rips me apart,uproots my hopes,

11. and attacks with fierce anger,as though I were his enemy.

12. His entire army advances,then surrounds my tent.

15. My guests and my servantsconsider me a stranger,

16. and when I call my servants,they pay no attention.

17. My breath disgusts my wife;everyone in my familyturns away.

18. Young children can't stand me,and when I come near,they make fun.

19. My best friends and loved oneshave turned from me.

20. I am skin and bones—just barely alive.

21. My friends, I beg you for pity!God has made me his target.

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