1. Then Job answered:
2. “How long will you hurt meand crush me with your words?
3. You have insulted me ten times now.You attack me without shame.
4. If I have sinned,it is my worry alone.
5. Maybe you want to make yourselves look better than I doso you can blame me for my suffering.
6. Then know that God has wronged me.He has pulled his net around me.
7. “I shout, ‘I have been wronged!’But I get no answer.I call loudly for help,but I receive no justice.
8. God has blocked my way so I cannot pass.He has covered my paths with darkness.
9. He has taken away my honor.He has removed the crown from my head.
10. He beats me down on every side until I am gone.He pulls up my hope as a tree is pulled up by its roots.
11. His anger burns against me.And he treats me as one of his enemies.
12. His armies gather.They prepare a way to attack me.They camp around my tent.