8 You have bound me, and it has become a witness; my frailty rises up and testifies against me. 9 His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes. 10 They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me. 11 God has delivered me to unjust men; He has thrown me to the clutches of the wicked. 12 I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target; 13 His archers surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy and spills my gall on the ground. 14 He breaks me with wound upon wound; He rushes me like a mighty warrior. 15 I have sewn sackcloth over my skin; I have buried my horn in the dust.
Job 16:8–15
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