Job 19

DOUAI-RHEIMS	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Then Job answered , and said:	1 But Job answered by saying:
2 How long do you afflict my soul, and break me in pieces with words?	2 How long will you afflict my soul and wear me down with words?
3 Behold, these ten times you confound me, and are not ashamed to oppress me.	3 So, ten times you confound me and are not ashamed to oppress me.
4 For if I have been ignorant, my ignorance shall be with me.	4 Now, of course, if I have been ignorant, my ignorance will be with me.
5 But you have set yourselves up against me, and reprove me with my reproaches.	5 But you have risen up against me, and you accuse me to my disgrace.
6 At least now understand, that God hath not afflicted me with an equal judgment, and compassed me with his scourges.	6 At least now you should understand that God has not afflicted me with a balanced judgment, though he has encompassed me with his scourges.
7 Behold I cry suffering violence, and no one will hear: I shall cry aloud, and there is none to judge.	7 Behold, I will cry out, enduring violence, and no one will hear. I will announce loudly, but there is no one who may judge.
8 He hath hedged in my path round about, and I cannot pass, and in my way he hath set darkness.	8 He has hemmed in my path, and I cannot pass; he has added darkness to my difficult path.
9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and hath taken the crown from my head.	9 He has plundered me of my glory, and he has stolen the crown from my head.
10 He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am lost, and he hath taken away my hope, as from a tree that is plucked up.	10 He has destroyed me on every side, and I am lost, and, like an uprooted tree, he has taken away my hope.
11 His wrath is kindled against me, and he hath counted me as his enemy.	11 His fury has raged against me, and in this way he has treated me like his enemy.
12 His troops have come together, and have made themselves a way by me, and have besieged my tabernacle round about.	12 His troops have gathered together, and they have made their way to me, and they have besieged my tabernacle all around.
13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and my acquaintance like strangers have departed from me.	13 He has put my brothers far from me, and my friends have withdrawn from me like strangers.
14 My kinsmen have forsaken me, and they that knew me, have forgotten me.	14 My kinsmen have forsaken me, and those who knew me, have forgotten me.
15 They that dwelt in my house, and my maidservants have counted me a stranger, and I have been like an alien in their eyes.	15 The inhabitants of my house and my maidservants treat me just as if I were a stranger, and I have been like an sojourner in their eyes.
16 I called my servant, and he gave me no answer, I entreated him with my own mouth.	16 I called my servant, and he did not respond; I pleaded with him with my own mouth.
17 My wife hath abhorred my breath, and I entreated the children of my womb.	17 My wife has shuddered at my breath, and I have begged the sons of my loins.
18 Even fools despise me; and when I gone from them, they spoke against me.	18 Even the foolish have looked down on me, and, when I withdrew from them, they spoke ill of me.
19 They that were sometime my counsellors, have abhorred me: and he whom I love most is turned against me.	19 Those who were sometime my counselors, treat me like an abomination; and he whom I valued the most has turned against me.
20 The flesh being consumed. My bone hath cleaved to my skin, and nothing but lips are left about my teeth.	20 Since my flesh has been consumed, my bone adheres to my skin, and only my lips have been left around my teeth.
21 Have pity on me, have pity on me, at least you my friends, because the hand of the Lord hath touched me.	21 Have mercy on me, have compassion on me, at least you my friends, because the hand of the Lord has touched me.
22 Why do you persecute me as God, and glut yourselves with my flesh?	22 Why do you pursue me just as God does, and satiate yourselves with my flesh?
23 Who will grant me that my words may be written? Who will grant me that they may be marked down in a book?	23 Who will grant to me that my words may be written down? Who will grant to me that they may be inscribed in a book,
24 With an iron pen and in a plate of lead, or else be graven with an instrument in flint stone.	24 with an iron pen and a plate of lead, or else be carved in stone?
25 For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and in the last day I shall rise out of the earth.	25 For I know that my Redeemer lives, and on the last day I will rise out of the earth.
26 And I shall be clothed again with my skin, and in my flesh I will see my God.	26 And I will be enveloped again with my skin, and in my flesh I will see my God.
27 Whom I myself shall see, and my eyes shall behold, and not another: this my hope is laid up in my bosom.	27 It is he whom I myself will see, and he whom my eyes will behold, and no other. This, my hope, has taken rest in my bosom.
28 Why then do you say now: Let us persecute him, and let us find occasion of word against him?	28 Why then do you now say: “Let us pursue him, and let us find a basis to speak against him?”
29 Flee then from the face of the sword, for the sword is the revenger of iniquities: and know ye that there is judgment.	29 So then, flee from the face of the sword, for the sword is the avenger of iniquities; but know this: there is to be a judgment.