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Job 17

Job Continues to Defend His Innocence

17"My spirit is crushed, and my life is nearly snuffed out. The grave is ready to receive me.H7307H2254H3117H2193H69132I am surrounded by mockers. I watch how bitterly they taunt me.H2049H5869H3885H47843"You must defend my innocence, O God, since no one else will stand up for me.H7760H6148H8628H30274You have closed their minds to understanding, but do not let them triumph.H6845H3820H7922H73115They betray their friends for their own advantage, so let their children faint with hunger.H5046H2506H7453H5869H1121H36156"God has made a mockery of me among the people; they spit in my face.H3322H4914H5971H6440H86117My eyes are swollen with weeping, and I am but a shadow of my former self.H5869H3543H3708H3338H67388The virtuous are horrified when they see me. The innocent rise up against the ungodly.H3477H8074H5355H5782H26119The righteous keep moving forward, and those with clean hands become stronger and stronger.H6662H270H1870H2890H3027H3254H55510"As for all of you, come back with a better argument, though I still won't find a wise man among you.H199H7725H935H4672H245011My days are over. My hopes have disappeared. My heart's desires are broken.H3117H5674H2154H5423H4180H382412These men say that night is day; they claim that the darkness is light.H7760H3915H3117H216H7138H6440H282213What if I go to the grave

and make my bed in darkness?H6960H7585H1004H7502H3326H282214What if I call the grave my father, and the maggot my mother or my sister?H7121H7845H1H7415H517H26915Where then is my hope? Can anyone find it?H645H8615H8615H778916No, my hope will go down with me to the grave. We will rest together in the dust!"H3381H905H7585H5183H3162H6083

New Living Translation (NLT). Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright ©1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, a Division of Tyndale House Ministries, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. More details.

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