Job 16:12-22 ▼

12 I was in peace, and he has shattered me. He has seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target;

13 his archers surround me. Without pity he pierces my kidneys and pours out my gall on the ground.

14 He breaks through against me, time and time again; he rushes against me like a warrior.

15 I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and buried my horn in the dust;

16 my face is reddened because of weeping, and on my eyelids there is a deep darkness,

17 although there is no violence in my hands and my prayer is pure.

18 |O earth, do not cover my blood, nor let there be a secret place for my cry.

19 Even now my witness is in heaven; my advocate is on high.

20 My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God;

21 and he contends with God on behalf of man as a man pleads for his friend.

22 For the years that lie ahead are few, and then I will go on the way of no return.