Job 19:13-22

Total Isolation and Physical Decay

Job 19:13-22
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"He has made my brothers keep their distance, those who know me are wholly estranged from me,
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my kinsfolk have failed me, and my close friends have forgotten me.
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Those living in my house consider me a stranger; my slave-girls too - in their view I'm a foreigner.
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I call my servant, and he doesn't answer, even if I beg him for a favor!
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"My wife can't stand my breath, I am loathsome to my own family.
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Even young children despise me -if I stand up, they start jeering at me.
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All my intimate friends abhor me, and those I loved have turned against me.
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My bones stick to my skin and flesh; I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
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"Pity me, friends of mine, pity me! For the hand of God has struck me!
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Must you pursue me as God does, never satisfied with my flesh?
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