Job 19:22

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Why do you pursue me as God does and are not satisfied with my flesh?

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  • Ps 69:26 : 26 Let their encampments be desolate; may no one dwell in their tents.
  • Isa 51:23 : 23 I will put it into the hands of your tormentors, who said to you, 'Bow down so we can walk over you.' You made your back like the ground, like a street for them to walk over.
  • Mic 3:3 : 3 You eat the flesh of my people, strip off their skin, break their bones, and chop them up like meat for the pot, like flesh in a cauldron.
  • Job 2:5 : 5 But stretch out your hand and strike his bone and flesh, and he will surely curse you to your face!
  • Job 10:16 : 16 If I rise up, You hunt me like a lion, and again show Your power against me.
  • Job 13:25 : 25 Will You terrify a wind-driven leaf and pursue dry chaff?
  • Job 16:11 : 11 God has handed me over to the unjust and thrown me into the hands of the wicked.
  • Job 16:13-14 : 13 His archers surround me and pierce my kidneys without mercy; he pours my gall on the ground. 14 He breaks me with breach upon breach; he rushes at me like a warrior.
  • Job 31:31 : 31 if those of my household have never said, ‘Who has not been satisfied with Job’s meat?’

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  • Job 19:26-28
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    26And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God.

    27Whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another. My heart faints within me!

    28If you say, 'Why should we persecute him?' since the root of the matter is found in me,

  • Job 19:20-21
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    20My bones cling to my skin and my flesh, and I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.

    21Have pity on me, have pity on me, my friends, because the hand of God has struck me.

  • 1For the director, to the tune of 'The Doe of the Morning,' a psalm of David.

  • 23Oh, that my words were written! Oh, that they were inscribed in a book!

  • Job 19:2-3
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    2How long will you torment my soul and crush me with words?

    3You have insulted me ten times now; you are not even ashamed that you mistreat me.

  • Ps 22:15-17
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    15I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts within me.

    16My strength is dried up like a broken piece of pottery, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; you lay me in the dust of death.

    17Dogs surround me; a band of evildoers encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.

  • 2For You are the God of my refuge; why have You rejected me? Why must I go about mourning under the oppression of my enemy?

  • Job 7:19-20
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    19Will you never look away from me or leave me alone till I swallow my spit?

    20If I have sinned, what have I done to you, you who see everything we do? Why have you made me your target? Have I become a burden to you?

  • 26Let their encampments be desolate; may no one dwell in their tents.

  • 24Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?

  • 4He has worn away my flesh and my skin; He has broken my bones.

  • 21You have turned cruel to me; with Your strong hand, You oppose me.

  • 11They say, 'God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for no one will deliver him.'

  • Lam 1:21-22
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    21People have heard my groaning, but there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have done it. Bring the day you have announced, so they may become like me.

    22Let all their wickedness come before you; deal with them as you have dealt with me because of all my sins. My groans are many, and my heart is faint.

  • Ps 42:9-10
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    9By day the LORD commands his steadfast love, and at night his song is with me—a prayer to the God of my life.

    10I say to God, my rock: 'Why have you forgotten me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy?'

  • 31if those of my household have never said, ‘Who has not been satisfied with Job’s meat?’

  • 84How many are the days of Your servant? When will You execute judgment on those who persecute me?

  • 2O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.

  • 15You know, LORD; remember me and attend to me. Avenge me against my persecutors. Do not take me away in the prolonging of Your anger; know that I bear reproach for Your sake.

  • 10I am mute; I will not open my mouth because You have done this.

  • 9That God would be willing to crush me, to let loose His hand and cut me off!

  • 7I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’

  • 4Is my complaint directed to a man? Why then should my spirit not be impatient?

  • 19They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.

  • Job 16:8-10
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    8You have bound me up as a witness; my gauntness rises up and testifies against me.

    9His anger tears at me, and he hates me; he gnashes his teeth at me. My adversary sharpens his eyes against me.

    10They gape at me with their mouths; they strike my cheeks in scorn and together they conspire against me.

  • 13From on high he sent fire; it burns in my bones. He spread a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me desolate, faint all the day long.

  • 13His archers surround me and pierce my kidneys without mercy; he pours my gall on the ground.

  • 3Why are we regarded as animals and considered unclean in your eyes?

  • 14Why should I take my flesh in my teeth and put my life in my hands?

  • 3My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?

  • 3For the enemy has pursued me, crushing my life to the ground and making me dwell in darkness, like those long dead.

  • 5My heart is afflicted and withered like grass, for I forget to eat my food.

  • 18He will not allow me to catch my breath, but fills me with bitterness.

  • 43You have covered Yourself with anger and pursued us; You have slain without pity.

  • 19Look at my enemies, for they are many, and they hate me with violent hatred.

  • 3Pay attention to me and answer me. My thoughts are restless, and I am distraught.

  • 18And he added, "Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done, and what wrong is in my hand?

  • 11He has turned aside my ways and torn me to pieces; He has made me desolate.

  • 2I will say to God: Do not condemn me; tell me why You contend with me.