(A)Mockers are certainly with me,
And my eye [a]gazes on their provocation.

“Make a pledge (B)for me with Yourself;
Who is there that will [b]be my guarantor?
For You have [c](C)kept their hearts away from understanding;
Therefore You will not exalt them.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 17:2 Lit dwells
  2. Job 17:3 Lit strike hands with me
  3. Job 17:4 Lit hidden

Surely mockers(A) surround me;(B)
    my eyes must dwell on their hostility.

“Give me, O God, the pledge you demand.(C)
    Who else will put up security(D) for me?(E)
You have closed their minds to understanding;(F)
    therefore you will not let them triumph.

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