Job
Chapter 30
New King James Version1"But now they mock at me, [men] younger than I, Whose fathers I disdained to put with the dogs of my flock.
2Indeed, what [profit] is the strength of their hands to me? Their vigor has perished.
3[They are] gaunt from want and famine, Fleeing late to the wilderness, desolate and waste,
4Who pluck mallow by the bushes, And broom tree roots [for] their food.
5They were driven out from among [men,] They shouted at them as [at] a thief.
6[They had] to live in the clefts of the valleys, [In] caves of the earth and the rocks.
7Among the bushes they brayed, Under the nettles they nestled.
8[They were] sons of fools, Yes, sons of vile men; They were scourged from the land.
9"And now I am their taunting song; Yes, I am their byword.
10They abhor me, they keep far from me; They do not hesitate to spit in my face.
11Because He has loosed my bowstring and afflicted me, They have cast off restraint before me.
12At [my] right [hand] the rabble arises; They push away my feet, And they raise against me their ways of destruction.
13They break up my path, They promote my calamity; They have no helper.
14They come as broad breakers; Under the ruinous storm they roll along.
15Terrors are turned upon me; They pursue my honor as the wind, And my prosperity has passed like a cloud.
16"And now my soul is poured out because of my [plight;] The days of affliction take hold of me.
17My bones are pierced in me at night, And my gnawing pains take no rest.
18By great force my garment is disfigured; It binds me about as the collar of my coat.
19He has cast me into the mire, And I have become like dust and ashes.
20" I cry out to You, but You do not answer me; I stand up, and You regard me.
21[But] You have become cruel to me; With the strength of Your hand You oppose me.
22You lift me up to the wind and cause me to ride [on it;] You spoil my success.
23For I know [that] You will bring me [to] death, And [to] the house appointed for all living.
24" Surely He would not stretch out [His] hand against a heap of ruins, If they cry out when He destroys [it.]
25Have I not wept for him who was in trouble? Has [not] my soul grieved for the poor?
26But when I looked for good, evil came [to me;] And when I waited for light, then came darkness.
27My heart is in turmoil and cannot rest; Days of affliction confront me.
28I go about mourning, but not in the sun; I stand up in the assembly [and] cry out for help.
29I am a brother of jackals, And a companion of ostriches.
30My skin grows black and falls from me; My bones burn with fever.
31My harp is [turned] to mourning, And my flute to the voice of those who weep.
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