Job 16

ASV(i) 1 Then Job answered and said, 2 I have heard many such things:
Miserable comforters are ye all. 3 Shall vain words have an end?
Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest? 4 I also could speak as ye do;
If your soul were in my soul's stead,
I could join words together against you,
And shake my head at you. 5 [But] I would strengthen you with my mouth,
And the solace of my lips would assuage [your grief].
6 Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged;
And though I forbear, what am I eased? 7 But now he hath made me weary:
Thou hast made desolate all my company. 8 And thou hast laid fast hold on me, [which] is a witness [against me]:
And my leanness riseth up against me,
It testifieth to my face. 9 He hath torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me;
He hath gnashed upon me with his teeth:
Mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me. 10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth;
They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully:
They gather themselves together against me. 11 God delivereth me to the ungodly,
And casteth me into the hands of the wicked. 12 I was at ease, and he brake me asunder;
Yea, he hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces:
He hath also set me up for his mark. 13 His archers compass me round about;
He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare;
He poureth out my gall upon the ground. 14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach;
He runneth upon me like a giant. 15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin,
And have laid my horn in the dust. 16 My face is red with weeping,
And on my eyelids is the shadow of death; 17 Although there is no violence in my hands,
And my prayer is pure.
18 O earth, cover not thou my blood,
And let my cry have no [resting]-place. 19 Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven,
And he that voucheth for me is on high. 20 My friends scoff at me:
[But] mine eye poureth out tears unto God, 21 That he would maintain the right of a man with God,
And of a son of man with his neighbor! 22 For when a few years are come,
I shall go the way whence I shall not return.