Bible in Basic English
"Though my hands have done no violent acts, and my prayer is clean."
— Job 16:17, Bible in Basic English
“Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.”
I am broken with wound after wound; he comes rushing on me like a man of war.
I have made haircloth the clothing of my skin, and my horn is rolled in the dust.
My face is red with weeping, and my eyes are becoming dark;
Though my hands have done no violent acts, and my prayer is clean.
O earth, let not my blood be covered, and let my cry have no resting-place!
Even now my witness is in heaven, and the supporter of my cause is on high.
My friends make sport of me; to God my eyes are weeping,