Holy Scripture
Job 16:9
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“Your words cruelly pierce me, because you endeavor to present me as a false witness before God, whose wrath "has torn me." Even in the middle of my mourning, where the loss of the children and cattle had dragged me, bodily pains invaded me. And I certainly remained silent, but he struck me with ominous reports and har…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
9In his anger he has cast me down; He has gnashed his teeth upon me: The weapons of his robbers have fallen upon me.
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7But now he has made me weary, and a worn-out fool; And thou hast laid hold of me.
8My falsehood has become a testimony, And has risen up against me: It has confronted me to my face.
— Job 16:9 —
10He has attacked me with the keen glances of his eyes; With his sharp spear he has smitten me down upon my knees; And they have run upon me with one accord.
11For the Lord has delivered me into the hands of unrighteous men, And thrown me upon the ungodly.