Job 16:9-17 - Job Describes What God Has Done To Him

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“His wrath has torn me and hunted me down,
He has gnashed at me with his teeth;
My adversary sharpens His gaze and glares [with piercing eyes] at me.
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“They have gaped at me with their mouths,
With contempt they have struck me on the cheek;
They massed themselves together [and conspired] against me.
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“God hands me over to criminals
And tosses me [headlong] into the hands of the wicked.
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“I was [living] at ease, but He crushed me and broke me apart,
And He has seized me by the neck and has shaken me to pieces;
He has also set me up as His target.
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“His arrows surround me.
He pierces my kidneys (vital organs) without mercy;
He pours out my gall on the ground.
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“He attacks me, making wound after wound;
He runs at me like a warrior.

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“I have sewed sackcloth over my skin [as a sign of mourning]
And have defiled my horn (symbol of strength) in the dust.
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“My face is red and swollen with weeping,
And on my eyelids is the shadow of death [my eyes are dimmed],
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Although there is no violence or wrongdoing in my hands,
And my prayer is pure.