Job 6:4
For the arrows of the Almighty {are} within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
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For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud. {my soul: Heb. my principal one}
I {am} afflicted and ready to die from {my} youth up: {while} I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken {me} by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. {lest...: or, for I am become like, etc}
And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
For destruction {from} God {was} a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.
I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; {and that} with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.
Thine arrows {are} sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; {whereby} the people fall under thee.
Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.
I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.
He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, {when} thou shalt make ready {thine arrows} upon thy strings against the face of them. {shalt thou...: or, thou shalt set them as a butt} {back: Heb. shoulder}
His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy;
And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. {Naomi: that is, Pleasant} {Mara: that is, Bitter}
For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
I {am} afflicted and ready to die from {my} youth up: {while} I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
Should I lie against my right? my wound {is} incurable without transgression. {my wound: Heb. mine arrow}
His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all {that were} pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire. {all...: Heb. all the desirable of the eye}
Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud. {my soul: Heb. my principal one}
But God shall shoot at them {with} an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded. {shall they...: Heb. their wound shall be}
Therefore snares {are} round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted {me} with all thy waves. Selah.
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; {nor} for the arrow {that} flieth by day;
For I {am} poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins. {arrows: Heb. sons}
Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.
Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet. {drive: Heb. scatter}
My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread.
He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, {which are} as wind?
Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. {overwhelmed: Heb. covered}
Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man.
It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors {are} upon him.