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Job 30
Job 30
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
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But now they hold me in derision who are younger in years than I; Whose fathers I should have disdained to rank with the dogs of my flock.
2
Such strength as they had, to me meant nought; they were utterly destitute.
3
In want and hunger was their lot, they who fled to the parched wastelands:
4
They plucked saltwort and shrubs; the roots of the broom plant were their food.
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They were banished from among men, with an outcry like that against a thief--
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To dwell on the slopes of the wadies, in caves of sand and stone;
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Among the bushes they raised their raucous cry; under the nettles they huddled together.
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Irresponsible, nameless men, they were driven out of the land.
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Yet now they sing of me in mockery; I am become a byword among them.
10
They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, they do not hesitate to spit in my face!
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Indeed, they have loosed their bonds; they lord it over me, and have thrown off restraint in my presence.
12
To subvert my paths they rise up; they build their approaches for my ruin.
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To destroy me, they attack with none to stay them;
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as through a wide breach they advance. Amid the uproar they come on in waves;
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over me rolls the terror. My dignity is borne off on the wind, and my welfare vanishes like a cloud.
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My soul ebbs away from me;
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My frame takes no rest by night; my inward parts seethe and will not be stilled.
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One with great power lays hold of my clothing; by the collar of my tunic he seizes me:
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He has cast me into the mire; I am leveled with the dust and ashes.
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I cry to you, but you do not answer me; you stand off and look at me,
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Then you turn upon me without mercy and with your strong hand you buffet me.
22
You raise me up and drive me before the wind; I am tossed about by the tempest.
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Indeed I know you will turn me back in death to the destined place of everyone alive.
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Yet should not a hand be held out to help a wretched man in his calamity?
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Or have I not wept for the hardships of others; was not my soul grieved for the destitute?
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Yet when I looked for good, then evil came; when I expected light, then came darkness.
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days of affliction have overtaken me.
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I go about in gloom, without the sun; I rise up in public to voice my grief.
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I have become the brother of jackals, companion to the ostrich.
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My blackened skin falls away from me; the heat scorches my very frame.
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My harp is turned to mourning, and my reed pipe to sounds of weeping.
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