Job 19:10
“He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.”
He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.
He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.
He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.
He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.
His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.
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“The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.”
“For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.”
“The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.”
“Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.”
“But unto thee have I cried, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.”