10 He tears me down on every side until I am gone; He uproots my hope like a tree. 11 His anger burns against me, and He counts me among His enemies. 12 His troops advance together; they construct a ramp against me and encamp around my tent.
Job 19:10–12
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Lamentations 3:4–6
4 He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones. 5 He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship. 6 He has made me dwell in darkness like those dead for ages.
Job 16:8–10
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 co…
Job 16:13–15
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 33:9–11
9 ‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean, with no iniquity in me. 10 Yet God finds occasions against me; He counts me as His enemy. 11 He puts my feet in the stocks; He watches over all my paths.’
Job 30:20–22
20 I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me. 21 You have ruthlessly turned on me; You oppose me with Your strong hand. 22 You snatch me up into the wind and drive me before it; You toss me about in the storm.
Lamentations 3:10–12
10 He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush. 11 He forced me off my path and tore me to pieces; He left me without help. 12 He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.
Job 9:16–18
16 If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice. 17 For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause. 18 He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness.
Psalms 88:15–17
15 From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair. 16 Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me. 17 All day long they engulf me like water; they enclose me on every side.
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