2
I have heard[H8085] many such things[H7227]: miserable[H5999]comforters[H5162] are ye all.
3
Shall vain[H7307]words[H1697] have an end?[H7093] or what emboldeneth[H4834] thee that thou answerest?[H6030]
4
I also could speak[H1696] as ye do: if[H3863] your soul[H5315]were[H3426] in my soul[H5315]'s stead, I could heap up[H2266]words[H4405] against you, and shake[H5128] mine head[H7218]at[H1119] you.
5
But I would strengthen[H553] you with[H1119] my mouth[H6310], and the moving[H5205] of my lips[H8193] should asswage[H2820] your grief.
6
Though I speak[H1696], my grief[H3511] is not asswaged[H2820]: and though I forbear[H2308], what am I eased?[H1980]
7
But now he hath made me weary[H3811]: thou hast made desolate[H8074] all my company[H5712].
8
And thou hast filled me with wrinkles[H7059], which is a witness[H5707] against me: and my leanness[H3585] rising up[H6965] in me beareth witness[H6030] to my face[H6440].
9
He teareth[H2963] me in his wrath[H639], who hateth[H7852] me: he gnasheth[H2786] upon me with his teeth[H8127]; mine enemy[H6862]sharpeneth[H3913] his eyes[H5869] upon me.
10
They have gaped[H6473] upon me with their mouth[H6310]; they have smitten[H5221] me upon the cheek[H3895]reproachfully[H2781]; they have gathered[H4390] themselves together[H3162] against me.
11God[H410] hath delivered[H5462] me to the ungodly[H5760], and turned me over[H3399] into the hands[H3027] of the wicked[H7563].
12
I was at ease[H7961], but he hath broken me asunder[H6565]: he hath also taken[H270] me by my neck[H6203], and shaken me to pieces[H6327], and set me up[H6965] for his mark[H4307].
13
His archers[H7228] compass me round about[H5437], he cleaveth[H6398] my reins[H3629]asunder[H6398], and doth not spare[H2550]; he poureth out[H8210] my gall[H4845] upon the ground[H776].
14
He breaketh[H6555] me with breach[H6556]upon[H6440]breach[H6556], he runneth[H7323]upon[H6440] me like a giant[H1368].
15
I have sewed[H8609]sackcloth[H8242] upon my skin[H1539], and defiled[H5953] my horn[H7161] in the dust[H6083].
16
My face[H6440] is foul[H2560] with weeping[H1065], and on my eyelids[H6079] is the shadow of death[H6757];
17
Not for any injustice[H2555] in mine hands[H3709]: also my prayer[H8605] is pure[H2134].
18
O earth[H776], cover[H3680] not thou my blood[H1818], and let my cry[H2201] have no place[H4725].
19
Also now, behold, my witness[H5707] is in heaven[H8064], and my record[H7717] is on high[H4791].
20
My friends[H7453]scorn[H3887] me: but mine eye[H5869] poureth out[H1811] tears unto God[H433].
21
O that one might plead[H3198] for a man[H1397] with God[H433], as a man[H120] pleadeth for his neighbour[H1121]!
22
When a few[H4557]years[H8141] are come[H857], then I shall go[H1980] the way[H734] whence I shall not return[H7725].