Job 30
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1“But now I am mocked by people younger than I, by young men whose fathers are not worthy to run with my sheepdogs.1"But now they mock me, men younger than I, whose fathers I would have disdained to put with my sheep dogs.
2A lot of good they are to me— those worn-out wretches!2Of what use was the strength of their hands to me, since their vigor had gone from them?
3They are gaunt from poverty and hunger. They claw the dry ground in desolate wastelands.3Haggard from want and hunger, they roamed the parched land in desolate wastelands at night.
4They pluck wild greens from among the bushes and eat from the roots of broom trees.4In the brush they gathered salt herbs, and their food was the root of the broom bush.
5They are driven from human society, and people shout at them as if they were thieves.5They were banished from human society, shouted at as if they were thieves.
6So now they live in frightening ravines, in caves and among the rocks.6They were forced to live in the dry stream beds, among the rocks and in holes in the ground.
7They sound like animals howling among the bushes, huddled together beneath the nettles.7They brayed among the bushes and huddled in the undergrowth.
8They are nameless fools, outcasts from society.8A base and nameless brood, they were driven out of the land.
9“And now they mock me with vulgar songs! They taunt me!9"And now those young men mock me in song; I have become a byword among them.
10They despise me and won’t come near me, except to spit in my face.10They detest me and keep their distance; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.
11For God has cut my bowstring. He has humbled me, so they have thrown off all restraint.11Now that God has unstrung my bow and afflicted me, they throw off restraint in my presence.
12These outcasts oppose me to my face. They send me sprawling and lay traps in my path.12On my right the tribe attacks; they lay snares for my feet, they build their siege ramps against me.
13They block my road and do everything they can to destroy me. They know I have no one to help me.13They break up my road; they succeed in destroying me. 'No one can help him,' they say.
14They come at me from all directions. They jump on me when I am down.14They advance as through a gaping breach; amid the ruins they come rolling in.
15I live in terror now. My honor has blown away in the wind, and my prosperity has vanished like a cloud.15Terrors overwhelm me; my dignity is driven away as by the wind, my safety vanishes like a cloud.
16“And now my life seeps away. Depression haunts my days.16"And now my life ebbs away; days of suffering grip me.
17At night my bones are filled with pain, which gnaws at me relentlessly.17Night pierces my bones; my gnawing pains never rest.
18With a strong hand, God grabs my shirt. He grips me by the collar of my coat.18In his great power God becomes like clothing to me; he binds me like the neck of my garment.
19He has thrown me into the mud. I’m nothing more than dust and ashes.19He throws me into the mud, and I am reduced to dust and ashes.
20“I cry to you, O God, but you don’t answer. I stand before you, but you don’t even look.20"I cry out to you, God, but you do not answer; I stand up, but you merely look at me.
21You have become cruel toward me. You use your power to persecute me.21You turn on me ruthlessly; with the might of your hand you attack me.
22You throw me into the whirlwind and destroy me in the storm.22You snatch me up and drive me before the wind; you toss me about in the storm.
23And I know you are sending me to my death— the destination of all who live.23I know you will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.
24“Surely no one would turn against the needy when they cry for help in their trouble.24"Surely no one lays a hand on a broken man when he cries for help in his distress.
25Did I not weep for those in trouble? Was I not deeply grieved for the needy?25Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has not my soul grieved for the poor?
26So I looked for good, but evil came instead. I waited for the light, but darkness fell.26Yet when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, then came darkness.
27My heart is troubled and restless. Days of suffering torment me.27The churning inside me never stops; days of suffering confront me.
28I walk in gloom, without sunlight. I stand in the public square and cry for help.28I go about blackened, but not by the sun; I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.
29Instead, I am considered a brother to jackals and a companion to owls.29I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of owls.
30My skin has turned dark, and my bones burn with fever.30My skin grows black and peels; my body burns with fever.
31My harp plays sad music, and my flute accompanies those who weep.31My lyre is tuned to mourning, and my pipe to the sound of wailing.
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