Job 30
1. But now they that are younger than I have me in derision * , whose fathers I would have disdained * to have set * with the dogs of my flock.
2. Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished * ?
3. For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing * into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.
4. Who cut up * mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.
5. They were driven forth * from among men, (they cried * after them as after a thief;)
6. To dwell * in the clifts of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks.
7. Among the bushes they brayed * ; under the nettles they were gathered together * .
8. They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler * than the earth.
9. And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
10. They abhor * me, they flee far * from me, and spare * not to spit in my face.
11. Because he hath loosed * my cord, and afflicted * me, they have also let loose * the bridle before me.
12. Upon my right hand rise * the youth; they push away * my feet, and they raise up * against me the ways of their destruction.
13. They mar * my path, they set forward * my calamity * , they have no helper * .
14. They came * upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled * themselves upon me.
15. Terrors are turned * upon me: they pursue * my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away * as a cloud.
16. And now my soul is poured out * upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold * upon me.
17. My bones are pierced * in me in the night season: and my sinews * take no rest * .
18. By the great force of my disease is my garment changed * : it bindeth me about * as the collar of my coat.
19. He hath cast * me into the mire, and I am become like * dust and ashes.
20. I cry * unto thee, and thou dost not hear * me: I stand up * , and thou regardest * me not.
21. Thou art become * cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest * thyself against me.
22. Thou liftest me up * to the wind; thou causest me to ride * upon it, and dissolvest * my substance * .
23. For I know * that thou wilt bring * me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
24. Howbeit he will not stretch out * his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.
25. Did not I weep * for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved * for the poor?
26. When I looked * for good, then evil came * unto me: and when I waited * for light, there came * darkness.
27. My bowels boiled * , and rested * not: the days of affliction prevented * me.
28. I went * mourning * without the sun: I stood up * , and I cried * in the congregation.
29. I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
30. My skin is black * upon me, and my bones are burned * with heat.
31. My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep * .
