Job 16 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

“I have heard ^H8085 many ^H7227 such ^H428 things ^H7227;

[fn]Troublesome ^H5999 comforters ^H5162 are you all ^H3605.

“Is there no end ^H7093 to windy ^H7307 words ^H1697?

Or ^H176 what ^H4100 pains ^H4834 you that you answer ^H6030?

“I too ^H1571 could speak ^H1696 like you,

If ^H3863 your soul ^H5315 were in the place ^H8478 of my soul ^H5315.

I could compose ^H2266 words ^H4405 against ^H5921 you

And shake ^H5128 my head ^H7218 at you.

“I could encourage ^H553 you with my mouth ^H6310,

And the solace ^H5205 of my lips ^H8193 could lessen ^H2820 your pain.

“If ^H518 I speak ^H1696, my pain ^H3511 is not lessened ^H2820,

And if I cease ^H2308, what ^H4100 will go ^H1980 forth ^H1980 from me?

“But now ^H6258 He has exhausted ^H3811 me;

You have made ^H8074 desolate ^H8074 all ^H3605 my company ^H5712.

“You have shriveled ^H7059 me up,

It has become ^H1961 a witness ^H5707;

And my leanness ^H3585 rises ^H6965 up ^H6965 against me,

It answers ^H6030 to my face ^H6440.

“His anger ^H639 has torn ^H2963 me and [fn]hunted ^H7852 me down ^H7852;

He has gnashed ^H2786 at me with His teeth ^H8127;

My adversary ^H6862 sharpens ^H3913 his eyes ^H5869 to look at me.

“They have opened ^H6473 their mouth ^H6310 wide ^H6473 at me;

They have struck ^H5221 me on the cheek ^H3895 in reproach ^H2781;

They have massed ^H4390 themselves against ^H5921 me.

“God ^H410 hands ^H5462 me over ^H5462 to ruffians ^H5760

And tosses ^H3399 me into the hands ^H3027 of the wicked ^H7563.

“I was at ease ^H7961, but He shattered ^H6565 me,

And He has grasped ^H270 me by the neck ^H6203 and shaken ^H6327 me to ^H6327 pieces ^H6327;

He has also set ^H6965 me up ^H6965 as His target ^H4307.

“His arrows ^H7228 surround ^H5437 me.

Without ^H3808 mercy ^H2550 He splits ^H6398 my kidneys ^H3629 open ^H6398;

He pours ^H8210 out ^H8210 my gall ^H4845 on the ground ^H776.

“He breaks ^H6555 through ^H6555 me with breach ^H6556 after ^H5921 H6440 breach ^H6556;

He runs ^H7323 at me like a warrior ^H1368.

“I have sewed ^H8609 sackcloth ^H8242 over ^H5921 my skin ^H1539

And thrust ^H5953 my horn ^H7161 in the dust ^H6083.

“My face ^H6440 is flushed ^H2560 from weeping ^H1065,

And the shadow ^H6757 of death ^H6757 is on my eyelids ^H6079,

Why?—because ^H5921 there is no ^H3808 violence ^H2555 in my hands ^H3709,

And my prayer ^H8605 is pure ^H2134.

“O earth ^H776, do not cover ^H3680 my blood ^H1818,

And let there be no ^H408 resting place ^H4725 for my cry ^H2201.

“Even ^H1571 now ^H6258, behold ^H2009, my witness ^H5707 is in heaven ^H8064,

And my [fn]advocate ^H7717 is on high ^H4791.

“My friends ^H7453 are my scoffers ^H3887;

My eye ^H5869 [fn]weeps ^H1811 to God ^H433.

“O that a man ^H1397 might argue ^H3198 with God ^H433

As a man ^H1121 H120 with his neighbor ^H7453!

“For when a few ^H4557 years ^H8141 are ^H857 past ^H857,

I shall go ^H1980 the way ^H734 of no ^H3808 return ^H7725.