19:1 Then Job answered:
19:2 “How long will you torment me 2
and crush 3 me with your words? 4
19:3 These ten times 5 you have been reproaching me; 6
you are not ashamed to attack me! 7
19:4 But even if it were 8 true that I have erred, 9
my error 10 remains solely my concern!
19:5 If indeed 11 you would exalt yourselves 12 above me
and plead my disgrace against me, 13
19:6 know 14 then that God has wronged me 15
and encircled 16 me with his net. 17
19:7 “If 18 I cry out, 19 ‘Violence!’ 20
I receive no answer; 21
I cry for help,
but there is no justice.
19:8 He has blocked 22 my way so I cannot pass,
and has set darkness 23 over my paths.
19:9 He has stripped me of my honor
and has taken the crown off my head. 24
19:10 He tears me down 25 on every side until I perish; 26
he uproots 27 my hope 28 like one uproots 29 a tree.