Job 16:8–17:9

⁸And thou hast ^gfilled me with wrinkles, which is a ^hwitness against me:

And my ^gileanness rising up in me

Beareth witness to my face.

^9kHe teareth me in his wrath, who ^lhateth me:

He ^mgnasheth upon me with his teeth;

Mine enemy ⁿsharpeneth his eyes upon me.

¹⁰They have ^ogaped upon me with their mouth;

They ^phave smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully;

They have gathered themselves together against me.

¹¹God hath delivered me to the ^qungodly,

And ^rturned me over into the hands of the wicked.

¹²I was at ease, but he hath ^sbroken me asunder:

He hath also taken me by my neck, and ^tshaken me to pieces,

And set me up for his ^umark.

¹³His ^warchers compass me round about,

He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare;

He ^xpoureth out my gall upon the ground.

¹⁴He breaketh me with ^ybreach upon breach,

He runneth upon me like a giant.

¹⁵I have sewed ^zsackcloth upon my ^gskin,

And ^adefiled my horn in the dust.

¹⁶My face ^bis foul with weeping,

And on mine eyelids is ^cthe shadow of death;

^17dNot for any injustice in mine hands:

Also my prayer is pure.

¹⁸O earth, ^ecover not thou my blood,

And let ^fmy cry have no place.

¹⁹Also now, behold ^gmy witness is in heaven,

And my record is on high.

²⁰My friends scorn me:

But mine eye poureth out tears unto God.

²¹O that one might ^hplead for a man with God,

As a man pleadeth for his neighbour.

²²When a few years are come,

Then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.

XVII.My breath is corrupt,

My days are ^aextinct,

^bThe graves are ready for me.

²Are there not mockers with me?

And doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?

³Lay down now, ^cput me in a surety with thee;

Who is he that ^dwill strike hands with me?

⁴For thou hast hid their heart from understanding:

Therefore shalt thou not exalt them.

⁵He that speaketh flattery to his friends,

Even ^ethe eyes of his children shall fail.

⁶He hath made me also ^fa byword of the people;

And aforetime I was as a tabret.

^7gMine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow,

And all my members are ^has a shadow.

⁸Upright men shall be ⁱastonied at this,

And the innocent shall ^jstir up himself against the hypocrite.

⁹The righteous also shall hold on his way,

And he that hath ^kclean hands shall be stronger and stronger.