Scriptures

New King James Version (NKJV)

Job 16
⁴ I also could speak as you do, If your soul were in my soul’s place. I could heap up words against you, And shake my head at you;
⁵ But I would strengthen you with my mouth, And the comfort of my lips would relieve your grief.
⁶ "Though I speak, my grief is not relieved; And if I remain silent, how am I eased?
⁷ But now He has worn me out; You have made desolate all my company.
⁸ You have shriveled me up, And it is a witness against me; My leanness rises up against me And bears witness to my face.
⁹ He tears me in His wrath, and hates me; He gnashes at me with His teeth; My adversary sharpens His gaze on me.
¹⁰ They gape at me with their mouth, They strike me reproachfully on the cheek, They gather together against me.
¹¹ God has delivered me to the ungodly, And turned me over to the hands of the wicked.
¹² I was at ease, but He has shattered me; He also has taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces; He has set me up for His target,
¹³ His archers surround me. He pierces my heart and does not pity; He pours out my gall on the ground.
¹⁴ He breaks me with wound upon wound; He runs at me like a warrior.