Holy Scripture
Job 19:8
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“"No speech," Job says, "can describe my misfortunes. As those who are surrounded on every side by a wall or are oppressed by darkness, I cannot proceed any further. So, it is impossible for me to escape these calamities."”
Source: Septuagint
Original
8I am fenced round about, and can by no means escape: He has set darkness before my face.
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6Know then that it is the Lord that has troubled me, And has raised his bulwark against me.
7Behold, I laugh at reproach; I will not speak: Or I will cry out, but there is nowhere judgment.
— Job 19:8 —
9And he has stripped me of my glory, And has taken the crown from my head.
10He has torn me round about, and I am gone: And he has cut off my hope like a tree.