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Job 16:17-19
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17 even though my hands are free of violence
    and my prayer is pure.
18 “O earth, do not cover my blood;[a]
    let my cries never cease to be heard.
19 Even now my witness is in heaven;
    my defender is on high.

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  1. Job 16:18 Cover my blood: blood shed and not covered over is, as it were, a call for vengeance (see Gen 4:10-11; Isa 26:21; Ezek 24:7).
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Job 16:17-19
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17 yet my hands have been free of violence(A)
    and my prayer is pure.(B)

18 “Earth, do not cover my blood;(C)
    may my cry(D) never be laid to rest!(E)
19 Even now my witness(F) is in heaven;(G)
    my advocate is on high.(H)

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