1. “But now those younger than I mock me, Whose fathers I disdained to put with the dogs of my flock.
2.
-“Indeed, what good was the strength of their hands to me? Vigor had perished from them.
3.
-“From want and famine they are gaunt Who gnaw the dry ground by night in waste and desolation,
JOB (3:30)
4.
Who pluck mallow by the bushes, And whose food is the root of the broom shrub.
5.
-“They are driven from the community; They shout against them as against a thief,
6.
So that they dwell in dreadful valleys, In holes of the earth and of the rocks.
7.
-“Among the bushes they cry out; Under the nettles they are gathered together.
8.
-“Fools, even those without a name, They were scourged from the land.
9.
“And now I have become their taunt, I have even become a byword to them.
10.
-“They abhor me and stand aloof from me, And they do not refrain from spitting at my face.
11.
-“Because He has loosed His bowstring and afflicted me, They have cast off the bridle before me.
12.
-“On the right hand their brood arises; They thrust aside my feet and build up against me their ways of destruction.
13.
-“They break up my path, They profit from my destruction; No one restrains them.
14.
-“As through a wide breach they come, Amid the tempest they roll on.
15.
-“Terrors are turned against me; They pursue my honor as the wind, And my prosperity has passed away like a cloud.
16.
“And now my soul is poured out within me; Days of affliction have seized me.
17.
-“At night it pierces my bones within me, And my gnawing pains take no rest.
18.
-“By a great force my garment is distorted; It binds me about as the collar of my coat.
19.
-“He has cast me into the mire, And I have become like dust and ashes.
20.
-“I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer me; I stand up, and You turn Your attention against me.
21.
-“You have become cruel to me; With the might of Your hand You persecute me.
22.
-“You lift me up to the wind and cause me to ride; And You dissolve me in a storm.
23.
-“For I know that You will bring me to death And to the house of meeting for all living.
24.
“Yet does not one in a heap of ruins stretch out his hand, Or in his disaster therefore cry out for help?
25.
-“Have I not wept for the one whose life is hard? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?
26.
-“When I expected good, then evil came; When I waited for light, then darkness came.
27.
-“I am seething within and cannot relax; Days of affliction confront me.
28.
-“I go about mourning without comfort; I stand up in the assembly and cry out for help.
29.
-“I have become a brother to jackals And a companion of ostriches.
30.
-“My skin turns black on me, And my bones burn with fever.
31.
-“Therefore my harp is turned to mourning, And my flute to the sound of those who weep.
1. “But now those younger than I mock me, Whose fathers I disdained to put with the dogs of my flock.
2.
-“Indeed, what good was the strength of their hands to me? Vigor had perished from them.
3.
-“From want and famine they are gaunt Who gnaw the dry ground by night in waste and desolation,
JOB (3:30)
4.
Who pluck mallow by the bushes, And whose food is the root of the broom shrub.
5.
-“They are driven from the community; They shout against them as against a thief,
6.
So that they dwell in dreadful valleys, In holes of the earth and of the rocks.
7.
-“Among the bushes they cry out; Under the nettles they are gathered together.
8.
-“Fools, even those without a name, They were scourged from the land.
9.
“And now I have become their taunt, I have even become a byword to them.
10.
-“They abhor me and stand aloof from me, And they do not refrain from spitting at my face.
11.
-“Because He has loosed His bowstring and afflicted me, They have cast off the bridle before me.
12.
-“On the right hand their brood arises; They thrust aside my feet and build up against me their ways of destruction.
13.
-“They break up my path, They profit from my destruction; No one restrains them.
14.
-“As through a wide breach they come, Amid the tempest they roll on.
15.
-“Terrors are turned against me; They pursue my honor as the wind, And my prosperity has passed away like a cloud.
16.
“And now my soul is poured out within me; Days of affliction have seized me.
17.
-“At night it pierces my bones within me, And my gnawing pains take no rest.
18.
-“By a great force my garment is distorted; It binds me about as the collar of my coat.
19.
-“He has cast me into the mire, And I have become like dust and ashes.
20.
-“I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer me; I stand up, and You turn Your attention against me.
21.
-“You have become cruel to me; With the might of Your hand You persecute me.
22.
-“You lift me up to the wind and cause me to ride; And You dissolve me in a storm.
23.
-“For I know that You will bring me to death And to the house of meeting for all living.
24.
“Yet does not one in a heap of ruins stretch out his hand, Or in his disaster therefore cry out for help?
25.
-“Have I not wept for the one whose life is hard? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?
26.
-“When I expected good, then evil came; When I waited for light, then darkness came.
27.
-“I am seething within and cannot relax; Days of affliction confront me.
28.
-“I go about mourning without comfort; I stand up in the assembly and cry out for help.
29.
-“I have become a brother to jackals And a companion of ostriches.
30.
-“My skin turns black on me, And my bones burn with fever.
31.
-“Therefore my harp is turned to mourning, And my flute to the sound of those who weep.
