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15 Terrors surround me on all sides;
    my confidence disintegrates,
    and my hope of deliverance vanishes like a cloud.

God’s Severity[a]

16 “And now my life has begun to ebb away;
    my days are filled with grief and affliction.
17 During the night pain wracks my bones,
    and I suffer from ceaseless throbbing that allows me no respite.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 30:16 Little by little Job comes back to his essential distress: the fierce hostility of a God who pursues him relentlessly. His faith survives but in a greatly wounded state.

15 Terrors(A) overwhelm me;(B)
    my dignity is driven away as by the wind,
    my safety vanishes like a cloud.(C)

16 “And now my life ebbs away;(D)
    days of suffering grip me.(E)
17 Night pierces my bones;
    my gnawing pains never rest.(F)

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