God delivereth me to the ungodly, And casteth me into the hands of the wicked.
God has delivered me to unjust men; He has thrown me to the clutches of the wicked.
God shutteth me up unto the perverse, And to the hands of the wicked turneth me over.
God hath delivered me over to the iniquitous man, and hurled me into the hands of the wicked.
Job — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
J O B CHAP. XVI. This chapter begins Job's reply to that discourse of Eliphaz which we had in the foregoing chapter; it is but the second part of the same song of lamentation with which he had before bemoaned himself, and is set to the same melancholy tune. I.…