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

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. ¹³ His archers compass me round about; He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; He poureth out my gall upon the ground. ¹⁴ He breaketh me with breach upon breach; He runneth upon me like a giant.

¹⁵ I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, And have laid my horn in the dust. ¹⁶ My face is red with weeping, And on my eyelids is the shadow of death; ¹⁷ Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.