Job 19:1–12

Then Job answered and said,

2How long will ye vex my soul,

And break me in pieces with words?

3These ten times have ye reproached me:

Ye are not ashamed that ye deal hardly with me.

4And be it indeed that I have erred,

Mine error remaineth with myself.

5If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me,

And plead against me my reproach;

6Know now that God hath subverted me in my cause,

And hath compassed me with his net.

7Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard:

I cry for help, but there is no justice.

8He hath walled up my way that I cannot pass,

And hath set darkness in my paths.

9He hath stripped me of my glory,

And taken the crown from my head.

10He hath broken me down on every side, and I am gone;

And my hope hath he plucked up like a tree.

11He hath also kindled his wrath against me,

And he counteth me unto him as one of his adversaries.

12His troops come on together,

And cast up their way against me,

And encamp round about my tent.