Job 16:5-12 Revised Version 1885 (RV1885)

5. But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the solace of my lips should assuage your grief.

6. Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased?

7. But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.

8. And thou hast laid fast hold on me, which is a witness against me: and my leanness riseth up against me, it testifieth to my face.

9. He hath torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me; he hath gnashed upon me with his teeth: mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

10. They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully: they gather themselves together against me.

11. God delivereth me to the ungodly, and casteth me into the hands of the wicked.

12. I was at ease, and he brake me asunder; yea, he hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces: he hath also set me up for his mark.

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