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Then Job answered and said:
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"How long will you torment my soul, And break me in pieces with words?
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These ten times you have reproached me; You are not ashamed that you have wronged me.
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And if indeed I have erred, My error remains with me.
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If indeed you exalt yourselves against me, And plead my disgrace against me,
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Know then that God has wronged me, And has surrounded me with His net.
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"If I cry out concerning wrong, I am not heard. If I cry aloud, there is no justice.
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He has fenced up my way, so that I cannot pass; And He has set darkness in my paths.
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He has stripped me of my glory, And taken the crown from my head.
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He breaks me down on every side, And I am gone; My hope He has uprooted like a tree.
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He has also kindled His wrath against me, And He counts me as one of His enemies.
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His troops come together And build up their road against me; They encamp all around my tent.
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"He has removed my brothers far from me, And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.