Job 19:13-29 NAS
He has removed my
brothers far from me, and my acquaintances are completely estranged from
me. My relatives have failed, and my intimate friends have forgotten
me. Those who live in my house and my maids consider me a
stranger. I am a foreigner in their sight. I call to my
servant, but he does not answer; I have to implore him with my
mouth. My breath is offensive to my wife, and I am loathsome to my
own brothers. Even young children despise me; I rise up and they
speak against me. All my associates abhor me, and those I love have
turned against me. My bone clings to my skin and my flesh, and I
have escaped only by the skin of my teeth. Pity me, pity me,
O you my friends, for the hand of God has struck me. Why do you
persecute me as God does, and are not satisfied with my
flesh? Oh that my words were written! Oh that they were
inscribed in a book! That with an iron stylus and lead they were
engraved in the rock forever!
As
for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last He will take His
stand on the earth. Even after my skin is destroyed, yet from my
flesh I shall see God; whom I myself shall behold, and whom my eyes will
see and not another. My heart faints within me! And 'What
pretext for a case against him can we find?' Then be afraid
of the sword for yourselves, for wrath brings the punishment of the
sword, so that you may know there is judgment.
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