Job 16:6–17

⁶Even if I speak, my suffering is not relieved,

and if I hold back, what have I lost?

⁷Surely He ^bhas now exhausted me.

You have devastated my entire family.

⁸You have shriveled me up ^c—it has become a witness;

My frailty rises up against me and testifies to my face.

⁹His anger tears at me, and He harasses ^dme.

He gnashes His teeth at me.

My enemy pierces me with His eyes.

¹⁰They open their mouths against me

and strike my cheeks with contempt; ^e

they join themselves together against me.

¹¹God hands me over to unjust men; ^f

He throws me into the hands of the wicked.

¹²I was at ease, but He shattered me;

He seized me by the scruff of the neck

and smashed me to pieces.

He set me up as His target; ^g

¹³His archers ^hsurround me.

He pierces my kidneys without mercy

and pours my bile on the ground.

¹⁴He breaks through my defenses again and again; ⁱ

He charges at me like a warrior. ^j

¹⁵I have sewn sackcloth over my skin;

I have buried my strength ^kin the dust. ^l

¹⁶My face has grown red with weeping,

and darkness ^mcovers my eyes,

¹⁷although my hands are free from violence ⁿ

and my prayer is pure.