1 But Job answered by saying:
2 How long will you afflict my soul and wear me down with words?
3 So, ten times you confound me and are not ashamed to oppress me.
4 Now, of course, if I have been ignorant, my ignorance will be with me.
5 But you have risen up against me, and you accuse me to my disgrace.
6 At least now you should understand that God has not afflicted me with a balanced judgment, though he has encompassed me with his scourges.
7 Behold, I will cry out, enduring violence, and no one will hear. I will announce loudly, but there is no one who may judge.
8 He has hemmed in my path, and I cannot pass; he has added darkness to my difficult path.
9 He has plundered me of my glory, and he has stolen the crown from my head.
10 He has destroyed me on every side, and I am lost, and, like an uprooted tree, he has taken away my hope.
11 His fury has raged against me, and in this way he has treated me like his enemy.
12 His troops have gathered together, and they have made their way to me, and they have besieged my tabernacle all around.
13 He has put my brothers far from me, and my friends have withdrawn from me like strangers.
14 My kinsmen have forsaken me, and those who knew me, have forgotten me.
15 The inhabitants of my house and my maidservants treat me just as if I were a stranger, and I have been like an sojourner in their eyes.
16 I called my servant, and he did not respond; I pleaded with him with my own mouth.
17 My wife has shuddered at my breath, and I have begged the sons of my loins.
18 Even the foolish have looked down on me, and, when I withdrew from them, they spoke ill of me.
19 Those who were sometime my counselors, treat me like an abomination; and he whom I valued the most has turned against me.
20 Since my flesh has been consumed, my bone adheres to my skin, and only my lips have been left around my teeth.
21 Have mercy on me, have compassion on me, at least you my friends, because the hand of the Lord has touched me.
22 Why do you pursue me just as God does, and satiate yourselves with my flesh?
23 Who will grant to me that my words may be written down? Who will grant to me that they may be inscribed in a book,
24 with an iron pen and a plate of lead, or else be carved in stone?
25 For I know that my Redeemer lives, and on the last day I will rise out of the earth.
26 And I will be enveloped again with my skin, and in my flesh I will see my God.
27 It is he whom I myself will see, and he whom my eyes will behold, and no other. This, my hope, has taken rest in my bosom.
28 Why then do you now say: “Let us pursue him, and let us find a basis to speak against him?”
29 So then, flee from the face of the sword, for the sword is the avenger of iniquities; but know this: there is to be a judgment.
Versículos relacionados com Job, 19:
Job 19 is a chapter in which Job expresses his anguish and despair at his situation, crying out for compassion and justice. Below are five verses related to the topics covered in this chapter:
Psalm 34:18: "Near the lord of those who have a broken heart and save those of the oppressed spirit." This verse talks about how God is close to those who suffer and feel oppressed, offering them salvation and comfort.
Isaiah 61:1: "The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, for the Lord has anointed me to preach good news to the meek; he sent me to restore the contrite of heart, to proclaim liberation to the captives and to free the handcuffs . " This verse talks about the Messiah's mission to bring hope and restoration to those who suffer.
Psalm 88:14-15: "Why do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me? I am overwhelmed since the youth and I have been suffering your terrors; I am desperate." This psalm presents a prayer of despair similar to Job's, in which the psalmist calls for God's help in the face of his anguish.
Isaiah 49:15-16: "Can a chance a woman to forget about her baby who still breastfeeds, so that he does not pity him, the son of his womb? I will not forget you. Behold, in the palms of my hands I recorded you; your walls are continually before me. " This verse talks about God's love and care for his children, showing that he never leaves them or forgets.
Psalm 31:9: "You go to me, Lord, because I am distressed; consumed my eyes, my soul, and my body are in sadness." This psalm presents a prayer similar to that of Job, in which the psalmist calls for compassion in the face of his anguish and suffering.
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