1. Then Job answered:
2. “How long will you hurt me and crush me with your words?
3. You have insulted me ten times now. You have attacked me without shame!
4. Even if I have sinned, it is my problem, not yours!
5. You want me to look bad to make yourselves look good. You say my troubles are proof that I did wrong.
6. I want you to know it was God who did this. He set this trap for me.
7. I shout, ‘He hurt me!’ but get no answer. No one hears my cry for fairness.
8. God has blocked my way to keep me from getting through. He has hidden my path in darkness.
9. He took away my honor. He took the crown from my head.
10. He hits me on every side until I am worn out. He takes away my hope. It is like a tree pulled up by the roots.
11. His anger burns against me. He treats me like an enemy.
12. He sends his army to attack me. They build attack towers around me. They camp around my tent.