Job 19

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1 And Job answered and said:
2 How long will you torment my soul and torment me with words?
3 Now, ten times already you have disgraced me and are not ashamed to press me.
4 If I really did, then my error remains with me.
5 If you want to magnify yourself over me and blame me for my shame,
6th Then know that God overthrew me and overlaid me with His net.
7th Here, I shout: insult! And no one listens; Cry, and there is no judgment.

8 He barred my way, and I can not pass, and on my paths laid darkness.
9 He drew my glory from me and took the crown from my head.
10 I was ruined all around, and I'm leaving; And, like a tree, He has cast off my hope.
eleven He has kindled me with his wrath, and considered me between his enemies.
12 His shelves came together and sent their way to me and settled around my tent.
13 He removed my brothers from me, and those who know me are alienated from me.
14 My friends left me, and my friends forgot me.
15 Those who are at home in my house and my maidens consider me as a stranger; I became an outsider in their sight.
16 I call my servant, and he does not respond; With my mouth I should beg him.
17th My breath was disgusting to my wife, and I must beg her for the sake of the children of my belly.
18 Even small children despise me: I rise, and they mock me.
19 I am disgusted by all my confidants, and those whom I loved turned against me.
20 My bones stuck to my skin and my flesh, and I remained only with the skin near my teeth.
21 Have pity on me, have mercy on me, my friends, for the hand of God has touched me.
22 Why do you persecute me like God, and you can not get enough with my flesh?

23 Oh, if my words were written down! If they were inscribed in a book
24 Iron cutter with tin, - for an eternal time on the stone were cut!
25 And I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last day He will raise up from the dust my decaying skin,
26th And in my flesh I shall see God.
27th I will see Him myself; My eyes, not the eyes of another, will see Him. My heart melts in my breast!
28 You ought to say: why are we pursuing him? As if the root of evil is found in me.
29 Be afraid of the sword, for the sword is the avenger of unrighteousness, and know that there is judgment.

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