Job 19:7 (DBY)

Passage

Behold, I cry out of wrong, and I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.

Nearby Context

Job 19:5 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and prove against me my reproach,

Job 19:6 Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath surrounded me with his net.

Job 19:7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, and I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.

Job 19:8 He hath hedged up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.

Job 19:9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "behold", "wrong", "heard", "aloud", and "judgment". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "behold" and "wrong", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "Know now that God hath overthrown me..." into verse 8's "He hath hedged up my way that...", so "behold" and "wrong" belong inside that flow. In Job context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "behold" and "wrong" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.