Does it seem good to You that You should oppress,
That You should despise the work of Your hands,
And smile on the counsel of the wicked?

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Does it please you to oppress me,(A)
    to spurn the work of your hands,(B)
    while you smile on the plans of the wicked?(C)

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(A)He tears me in His wrath, and hates me;
He gnashes at me with His teeth;
(B)My adversary sharpens His gaze on me.

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God assails me and tears(A) me in his anger(B)
    and gnashes his teeth at me;(C)
    my opponent fastens on me his piercing eyes.(D)

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14 He breaks me with wound upon wound;
He runs at me like a [a]warrior.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 16:14 Vg. giant

14 Again and again(A) he bursts upon me;
    he rushes at me like a warrior.(B)

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Know then that (A)God has wronged me,
And has surrounded me with His net.

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then know that God has wronged me(A)
    and drawn his net(B) around me.(C)

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22 Why do you (A)persecute me as God does,
And are not satisfied with my flesh?

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22 Why do you pursue(A) me as God does?(B)
    Will you never get enough of my flesh?(C)

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