7“Behold, I cry, ‘Violence!’ but I get no answer;

I shout for help, but there is no justice.

8“He has blocked my way so that I cannot pass,

And He has put darkness on my paths.

9“He has stripped my honor from me

And removed the crown from my head.

10“He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone;

And He has uprooted my hope like a tree.

11“He has also kindled His anger against me

And considered me as His enemy.

12“His troops come together

And build up their [b]way against me

And camp around my tent.

13“He has removed my brothers far from me,

And my acquaintances have completely turned away from me.

14“My relatives have failed,

And my close friends have forgotten me.

15“Those who live in my house and my servant women consider me a stranger.

I am a foreigner in their sight.

16“I call to my servant, but he does not answer;

I have to implore his favor with my mouth.

17“My breath is offensive to my wife,

And I am loathsome to my own brothers.

18“Even young children despise me;

I stand up and they speak against me.

19“All [c]my associates loathe me,

And those I love have turned against me.

20“My bone clings to my skin and my flesh,

And I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.

21“Pity me, pity me, you friends of mine,

For the hand of God has struck me.

22“Why do you persecute me as God does,

And are not satisfied with my flesh?

Job Says My Redeemer Lives