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Job 19:13

New Century Version

“God has made my brothers my enemies, and my friends have become strangers.

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The one who speaks for me is my friend. My eyes pour out tears to God.

God, you have surely taken away my strength and destroyed my whole family.

Job’s brothers and sisters came to his house, along with everyone who had known him before, and they all ate with him there. They comforted him and made him feel better about the trouble the Lord had brought on him, and each one gave Job a piece of silver and a gold ring.

But my brothers cannot be counted on. They are like streams that do not always flow, streams that sometimes run over.

They are upset because they had been sure; when they arrive, they are disappointed.

Because of all my troubles, my enemies hate me, and even my neighbors look down on me. When my friends see me, they are afraid and run.

I am like a piece of a broken pot. I am forgotten as if I were dead.

Because of my wounds, my friends and neighbors avoid me, and my relatives stay far away.

Some people set traps to kill me. Those who want to hurt me plan trouble; all day long they think up lies.

My best and truest friend, who ate at my table, has even turned against me.

Insults have broken my heart and left me weak. I looked for sympathy, but there was none; I found no one to comfort me.

I am like a stranger to my closest relatives and a foreigner to my mother’s children.

My strong love for your Temple completely controls me. When people insult you, it hurts me.

You have taken away my loved ones and friends. Darkness is my only friend.

You have taken my friends away from me and have made them hate me. I am trapped and cannot escape.

“I called out to my friends, but they turned against me. My priests and my elders have died in the city while looking for food to stay alive.

She cries loudly at night, and tears are on her cheeks. There is no one to comfort her; all who loved her are gone. All her friends have turned against her and are now her enemies.

But all these things have happened so that it will come about as the prophets wrote.” Then all of Jesus’ followers left him and ran away.

The first time I defended myself, no one helped me; everyone left me. May they be forgiven.




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