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Job 16:16-18
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

16 My face is inflamed with weeping,
    darkness covers my eyes,
17 Although my hands are free from violence,
    and my prayer sincere.
18 O earth, do not cover my blood,
    nor let my outcry come to rest![a]

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Footnotes

  1. 16:18 As the exposed blood of those who were unjustly slain cries to heaven for vengeance (Gn 4:10; Ez 24:6–9), so Job’s sufferings demand redress.
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