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20 My friends scorn me, but my eye pours out tears to God.

21 Oh, that there might be one who would plead for a man with God and that he would maintain his right with Him, as a son of man pleads with or for his neighbor!(A)

22 For when a few years are come, I shall go the way from which I shall not return.

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20 My intercessor(A) is my friend[a](B)
    as my eyes pour out(C) tears(D) to God;
21 on behalf of a man he pleads(E) with God
    as one pleads for a friend.

22 “Only a few years will pass
    before I take the path of no return.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 16:20 Or My friends treat me with scorn