“"My spirit is broken" in bitterness and pain, because my ulcers torture me, or, on the other hand, because of my friends, who are ready to burst out against their friend.”
Ephrem the Syrian, 4th c. — COMMENTARY ON JOB 17:1-2
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2Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
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1My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
— Job 17:2 —
3Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
4For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.