Job 23 (AMP)

Job Chapter 23 (AMP)

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¹ Let their way be dark and slippery, With the angel of the LORD pursuing and harassing them.

² For without cause they hid their net for me; Without cause they dug a pit [of destruction] for my life.

³ Let destruction come upon my enemy by surprise; Let the net he hid for me catch him; Into that very destruction let him fall.

⁴ Then my soul shall rejoice in the LORD; It shall rejoice in His salvation.

⁵ All my bones will say, "LORD, who is like You, Who rescues the afflicted from him who is too strong for him [to resist alone], And the afflicted and the needy from him who robs him?"

⁶ Malicious witnesses rise up; They ask me of things that I do not know.

⁷ They repay me evil for good, To the sorrow of my soul.

⁸ But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth (mourning garment); I humbled my soul with fasting, And I prayed with my head bowed on my chest.

⁹ I behaved as if grieving for my friend or my brother; I bowed down in mourning, as one who sorrows for his mother.

¹⁰ But in my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered together [against me]; The slanderers whom I did not know gathered against me; They slandered and reviled me without ceasing.

¹¹ Like godless jesters at a feast, They gnashed at me with their teeth [in malice].

¹² LORD, how long will You look on [without action]? Rescue my life from their destructions, My only life from the young lions.

¹³ I will give You thanks in the great congregation; I will praise You among a mighty people.

¹⁴ Do not let those who are wrongfully my enemies rejoice over me; Nor let those who hate me without cause wink their eye [maliciously].

¹⁵ For they do not speak peace, But they devise deceitful words [half-truths and lies] against those who are quiet in the land.

¹⁶ They open their mouths wide against me; They say, "Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it!"

¹⁷ You have seen this, O LORD; do not keep silent. O Lord, do not be far from me.

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1	Let their way be dark and slippery, With the angel of the LORD pursuing and harassing them.
2	For without cause they hid their net for me; Without cause they dug a pit [of destruction] for my life.
3	Let destruction come upon my enemy by surprise; Let the net he hid for me catch him; Into that very destruction let him fall.
4	Then my soul shall rejoice in the LORD; It shall rejoice in His salvation.
5	All my bones will say, "LORD, who is like You, Who rescues the afflicted from him who is too strong for him [to resist alone], And the afflicted and the needy from him who robs him?"
6	Malicious witnesses rise up; They ask me of things that I do not know.
7	They repay me evil for good, To the sorrow of my soul.
8	But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth (mourning garment); I humbled my soul with fasting, And I prayed with my head bowed on my chest.
9	I behaved as if grieving for my friend or my brother; I bowed down in mourning, as one who sorrows for his mother.
10	But in my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered together [against me]; The slanderers whom I did not know gathered against me; They slandered and reviled me without ceasing.
11	Like godless jesters at a feast, They gnashed at me with their teeth [in malice].
12	LORD, how long will You look on [without action]? Rescue my life from their destructions, My only life from the young lions.
13	I will give You thanks in the great congregation; I will praise You among a mighty people.
14	Do not let those who are wrongfully my enemies rejoice over me; Nor let those who hate me without cause wink their eye [maliciously].
15	For they do not speak peace, But they devise deceitful words [half-truths and lies] against those who are quiet in the land.
16	They open their mouths wide against me; They say, "Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it!"
17	You have seen this, O LORD; do not keep silent. O Lord, do not be far from me.

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