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Job 16:19-21
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

19 Even now my witness[a] is in heaven,
    my advocate is on high.
20 My friends it is who wrong me;
    before God my eyes shed tears,
21 That justice may be done for a mortal with God:
    as for a man with his neighbor.

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Footnotes

  1. 16:19 Witness: refers perhaps to God (is Job appealing to God against God?), or to a mediator (cf. 9:33), or to a personification of Job’s prayer.
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