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-Job Trusts in His Redeemer
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 # Chapter 19
-1. Then Job answered and said:
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-2. "How long will you torment my soul,
+1 Then Job answered and said:
+2 “How long will you torment my soul,
 And break me in pieces with words?
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-3. These ten times you have reproached me;
+3 These ten times you have reproached me;
 You are not ashamed that you have wronged me.
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-4. And if indeed I have erred,
+4 And if indeed I have erred,
 My error remains with me.
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-5. If indeed you exalt yourselves against me,
+5 If indeed you exalt yourselves against me,
 And plead my disgrace against me,
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-6. Know then that God has wronged me,
+6 Know then that God has wronged me,
 And has surrounded me with His net.
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-7. "If I cry out concerning wrong, I am not heard.
+7 “If I cry out concerning wrong, I am not heard.
 If I cry aloud, there is no justice.
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-8. He has fenced up my way, so that I cannot pass;
+8 He has fenced up my way, so that I cannot pass;
 And He has set darkness in my paths.
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-9. He has stripped me of my glory,
+9 He has stripped me of my glory,
 And taken the crown from my head.
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-10. He breaks me down on every side,
+10 He breaks me down on every side,
 And I am gone;
 My hope He has uprooted like a tree.
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-11. He has also kindled His wrath against me,
+11 He has also kindled His wrath against me,
 And He counts me as one of His enemies.
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-12. His troops come together
+12 His troops come together
 And build up their road against me;
 They encamp all around my tent.
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-13. "He has removed my brothers far from me,
+13 “He has removed my brothers far from me,
 And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.
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-14. My relatives have failed,
+14 My relatives have failed,
 And my close friends have forgotten me.
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-15. Those who dwell in my house, and my maidservants,
+15 Those who dwell in my house, and my maidservants,
 Count me as a stranger;
 I am an alien in their sight.
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-16. I call my servant, but he gives no answer;
+16 I call my servant, but he gives no answer;
 I beg him with my mouth.
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-17. My breath is offensive to my wife,
+17 My breath is offensive to my wife,
 And I am repulsive to the children of my own body.
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-18. Even young children despise me;
+18 Even young children despise me;
 I arise, and they speak against me.
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-19. All my close friends abhor me,
+19 All my close friends abhor me,
 And those whom I love have turned against me.
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-20. My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh,
+20 My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh,
 And I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
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-21. "Have pity on me, have pity on me, O you my friends,
+21 “Have pity on me, have pity on me, O you my friends,
 For the hand of God has struck me!
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-22. Why do you persecute me as God does,
+22 Why do you persecute me as God does,
 And are not satisfied with my flesh?
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-23. "Oh, that my words were written!
+23 “Oh, that my words were written!
 Oh, that they were inscribed in a book!
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-24. That they were engraved on a rock
+24 That they were engraved on a rock
 With an iron pen and lead, forever!
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-25. For I know that my Redeemer lives,
+25 For I know that my Redeemer lives,
 And He shall stand at last on the earth;
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-26. And after my skin is destroyed, this I know,
+26 And after my skin is destroyed, this I know,
 That in my flesh I shall see God,
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-27. Whom I shall see for myself,
+27 Whom I shall see for myself,
 And my eyes shall behold, and not another.
 How my heart yearns within me!
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-28. If you should say, 'How shall we persecute him?'--
+28 If you should say, ‘How shall we persecute him?’—
 Since the root of the matter is found in me,
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-29. Be afraid of the sword for yourselves;
+29 Be afraid of the sword for yourselves;
 For wrath brings the punishment of the sword,
-That you may know there is a judgment."
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+That you may know there is a judgment.”