New International Version

Job 16:11-18 New International Version (NIV)

11. God has turned me over to the ungodly and thrown me into the clutches of the wicked.

12. All was well with me, but he shattered me; he seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target;

13. his archers surround me. Without pity, he pierces my kidneys and spills my gall on the ground.

14. Again and again he bursts upon me; he rushes at me like a warrior.

15. “I have sewed sackcloth over my skin and buried my brow in the dust.

16. My face is red with weeping, dark shadows ring my eyes;

17. yet my hands have been free of violence and my prayer is pure.

18. “Earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry never be laid to rest!