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Scripture Context
Job 16:19 - Job 17:6
19 Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.
20 My friends scorn me; but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
21 Oh that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbor!
22 When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.
Job 17
Intro: Job appealeth to God -- His hope not in this life.
1 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
2 Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?
3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding; therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
6 He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.