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Job 30:1

"But now they mock me, men younger than I, whose fathers I would have disdained to put with my sheep dogs.

Job 30:1

"But now they mock me, men younger than I, whose fathers I would have disdained to put with my sheep dogs.

Job 30:2

Of what use was the strength of their hands to me, since their vigor had gone from them?

Job 30:2

Of what use was the strength of their hands to me, since their vigor had gone from them?

Job 30:3

Haggard from want and hunger, they roamed the parched land in desolate wastelands at night.

Job 30:3

Haggard from want and hunger, they roamed the parched land in desolate wastelands at night.

Job 30:4

In the brush they gathered salt herbs, and their food was the root of the broom tree.

Job 30:4

In the brush they gathered salt herbs, and their food was the root of the broom bush.

Job 30:5

They were banished from their fellow men, shouted at as if they were thieves.

Job 30:5

They were banished from human society, shouted at as if they were thieves.

Job 30:6

They were forced to live in the dry stream beds, among the rocks and in holes in the ground.

Job 30:6

They were forced to live in the dry stream beds, among the rocks and in holes in the ground.

Job 30:7

They brayed among the bushes and huddled in the undergrowth.

Job 30:7

They brayed among the bushes and huddled in the undergrowth.

Job 30:8

A base and nameless brood, they were driven out of the land.

Job 30:8

A base and nameless brood, they were driven out of the land.

Job 30:9

"And now their sons mock me in song; I have become a byword among them.

Job 30:9

"And now those young men mock me in song; I have become a byword among them.

Job 30:10

They detest me and keep their distance; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.

Job 30:10

They detest me and keep their distance; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.

Job 30:11

Now that God has unstrung my bow and afflicted me, they throw off restraint in my presence.

Job 30:11

Now that God has unstrung my bow and afflicted me, they throw off restraint in my presence.

Job 30:12

On my right the tribe attacks; they lay snares for my feet, they build their siege ramps against me.

Job 30:12

On my right the tribe attacks; they lay snares for my feet, they build their siege ramps against me.

Job 30:13

They break up my road; they succeed in destroying me- without anyone's helping them.

Job 30:13

They break up my road; they succeed in destroying me. ‘No one can help him,' they say.

Job 30:14

They advance as through a gaping breach; amid the ruins they come rolling in.

Job 30:14

They advance as through a gaping breach; amid the ruins they come rolling in.

Job 30:15

Terrors overwhelm me; my dignity is driven away as by the wind, my safety vanishes like a cloud.

Job 30:15

Terrors overwhelm me; my dignity is driven away as by the wind, my safety vanishes like a cloud.

Job 30:16

"And now my life ebbs away; days of suffering grip me.

Job 30:16

"And now my life ebbs away; days of suffering grip me.

Job 30:17

Night pierces my bones; my gnawing pains never rest.

Job 30:17

Night pierces my bones; my gnawing pains never rest.

Job 30:18

In his great power God becomes like clothing to me ; he binds me like the neck of my garment.

Job 30:18

In his great power God becomes like clothing to me; he binds me like the neck of my garment.

Job 30:19

He throws me into the mud, and I am reduced to dust and ashes.

Job 30:19

He throws me into the mud, and I am reduced to dust and ashes.

Job 30:20

"I cry out to you, O God, but you do not answer; I stand up, but you merely look at me.

Job 30:20

"I cry out to you, God, but you do not answer; I stand up, but you merely look at me.

Job 30:21

You turn on me ruthlessly; with the might of your hand you attack me.

Job 30:21

You turn on me ruthlessly; with the might of your hand you attack me.

Job 30:22

You snatch me up and drive me before the wind; you toss me about in the storm.

Job 30:22

You snatch me up and drive me before the wind; you toss me about in the storm.

Job 30:23

I know you will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.

Job 30:23

I know you will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.

Job 30:24

"Surely no one lays a hand on a broken man when he cries for help in his distress.

Job 30:24

"Surely no one lays a hand on a broken man when he cries for help in his distress.

Job 30:25

Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has not my soul grieved for the poor?

Job 30:25

Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has not my soul grieved for the poor?

Job 30:26

Yet when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, then came darkness.

Job 30:26

Yet when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, then came darkness.

Job 30:27

The churning inside me never stops; days of suffering confront me.

Job 30:27

The churning inside me never stops; days of suffering confront me.

Job 30:28

I go about blackened, but not by the sun; I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.

Job 30:28

I go about blackened, but not by the sun; I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.

Job 30:29

I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of owls.

Job 30:29

I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of owls.

Job 30:30

My skin grows black and peels; my body burns with fever.

Job 30:30

My skin grows black and peels; my body burns with fever.

Job 30:31

My harp is tuned to mourning, and my flute to the sound of wailing.

Job 30:31

My lyre is tuned to mourning, and my pipe to the sound of wailing.

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