19 All of my best friends[a] despise me,(A)
and those I love have turned against me.(B)
20 My skin and my flesh cling to my bones;
I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

21 Have mercy on me, my friends,(C) have mercy,
for God’s hand(D) has struck me.(E)

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  1. Job 19:19 Lit of the men of my council

19 All my intimate friends(A) detest me;(B)
    those I love have turned against me.(C)
20 I am nothing but skin and bones;(D)
    I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.[a]

21 “Have pity on me, my friends,(E) have pity,
    for the hand of God has struck(F) me.

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  1. Job 19:20 Or only by my gums