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Job 19:19

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All my close friends hate me.\par Even the people I love turned against me.\par

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My relatives have left me.\par My friends have forgotten me.\par

Even little children make fun of me.\par When I come near them,\par they say bad things to me.\par

Now, you are like those streams.\par You see my troubles and are afraid.\par

Because of my sickness,\par my friends and neighbors\par will not visit me.\par My family will not come near me.\par

So, Lord, please be kind to me.\par Let me get up,\par and I will pay them back.\par

My best friend ate with me.\par I trusted him.\par But now, even he has turned against me.\par

My enemies will not change their lives. {\cf2\super [331]} \par They don’t fear and respect God.\par

My friends have left me.\par They all avoid me like a person\par no one wants to touch.\par I am locked in the house\par and I can’t go out.\par

But Jesus said to him, “Judas, are you using the kiss \{of friendship\} to give the Son of Man {\cf2\super [361]} \{to his enemies\}?”