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Job 16:21 Meaning & Commentary – Pleading for a Man with God

O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!

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My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.

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Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high.

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O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.

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Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.

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My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;

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I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.

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He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.

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His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.

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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.