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19 Even now my witness[a] is in heaven,
    my advocate is on high.
20 My friends it is who wrong me;
    before God my eyes shed tears,
21 That justice may be done for a mortal with God:
    as for a man with his neighbor.

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  1. 16:19 Witness: refers perhaps to God (is Job appealing to God against God?), or to a mediator (cf. 9:33), or to a personification of Job’s prayer.

19 Even now my witness(A) is in heaven;(B)
    my advocate is on high.(C)
20 My intercessor(D) is my friend[a](E)
    as my eyes pour out(F) tears(G) to God;
21 on behalf of a man he pleads(H) with God
    as one pleads for a friend.

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