Job 16:12-22 - Everything Was Going Well

¹² "I was at ease, then he broke me in two, and he seized [me] by my neck; then he shattered me and set me up as a target for him. ¹³ His archers surround me; he slashes open my kidneys, and he does not have compassion; he pours out my gall on the ground. ¹⁴ He breached me {breach upon breach}; he rushes at me like a warrior.

¹⁵ "I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and I have inserted {my pride} in the dust. ¹⁶ My face is red because of weeping, and deep shadows [are] on my eyelids, ¹⁷ {although} violence [is] not on my hands, and my prayer [is] pure.

¹⁸ "O earth, you should not cover my blood, and let there be no place for my cry for help. ¹⁹ So now look, my witness [is] in the heavens, and he [who] vouches for me [is] in the heights. ²⁰ My friends scorn me; my eye pours out tears to God, ²¹ and it argues for a mortal with God, and [as] {a human} for his friend. ²² Indeed, [after] {a few years} have come, then I will go [the] way [from which] I will not return.