Job 19 — ENGLXXUP

19 Verse 1 Then Job answered and said, ^{Verse 2} How long will ye vex my soul, ^{Verse 3} Ye speak against me; ye do not feel for me, but bear hard upon me. ^{Verse 4} Yea verily, I have erred in truth ^{Verse 5} But alas! for ye magnify yourselves against me, ^{Verse 6} Know then that it is the Lord that has troubled me, ^{Verse 7} Behold, I laugh at reproach; I will not speak: ^{Verse 8} I am fenced round about, and can by no means escape: ^{Verse 9} And he has stripped me of my glory, ^{Verse 10} He has torn me round about, and I am gone: ^{Verse 11} And he has dreadfully handled me in anger, ^{Verse 12} His troops also came upon me with one accord, ^{Verse 13} My brethren have stood aloof from me; ^{Verse 14} My nearest of kin have not acknowledged me, ^{Verse 15} As for my household, and my maidservants, ^{Verse 16} I called my servant, and he hearkened not; ^{Verse 17} And I besought my wife, ^{Verse 18} But they rejected me forever; ^{Verse 19} They that saw me abhorred me: ^{Verse 20} My flesh is corrupt under my skin, ^{Verse 21} Pity me, pity me, O friends; ^{Verse 22} Wherefore do ye persecute me as also the Lord does, ^{Verse 23} For oh that my words were written, ^{Verse 24} With an iron pen and lead, ^{Verse 25} For I know that he is eternal who is about to deliver me, ^{Verse 26} And to raise up upon the earth my skin that endures these sufferings: ^{Verse 27} Which I am conscious of in myself, ^{Verse 28} But if ye shall also say, What shall we say before him, ^{Verse 29} Do ye also beware of deceit: