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Job 30

¹But men younger than I am make fun of me now! Their fathers have always been so worthless that I wouldn't let them help my dogs guard sheep.

²They were a bunch of worn-out men, too weak to do any work for me.

³They were so poor and hungry that they would gnaw dry roots--- at night, in wild, desolate places.

⁴They pulled up the plants of the desert and ate them, even the tasteless roots of the broom tree!

⁵Everyone drove them away with shouts, as if they were shouting at thieves.

⁶They had to live in caves, in holes dug in the sides of cliffs.

⁷Out in the wilds they howled like animals and huddled together under the bushes.

⁸A worthless bunch of nameless nobodies! They were driven out of the land.

⁹Now they come and laugh at me; I am nothing but a joke to them.

¹⁰They treat me with disgust; they think they are too good for me, and even come and spit in my face.

¹¹Because God has made me weak and helpless, they turn against me with all their fury.

¹²This mob attacks me head-on; they send me running; they prepare their final assault.

¹³They cut off my escape and try to destroy me; and there is no one to stop them.

¹⁴They pour through the holes in my defenses and come crashing down on top of me;

¹⁵I am overcome with terror; my dignity is gone like a puff of wind, and my prosperity like a cloud.

¹⁶Now I am about to die; there is no relief for my suffering.

¹⁷At night my bones all ache; the pain that gnaws me never stops.

¹⁸God seizes me by my collar and twists my clothes out of shape.

¹⁹He throws me down in the mud; I am no better than dirt.

²⁰I call to you, O God, but you never answer; and when I pray, you pay no attention.

²¹You are treating me cruelly; you persecute me with all your power.

²²You let the wind blow me away; you toss me about in a raging storm.

²³I know you are taking me off to my death, to the fate in store for everyone.

²⁴Why do you attack a ruined man, one who can do nothing but beg for pity?

²⁵Didn't I weep with people in trouble and feel sorry for those in need?

²⁶I hoped for happiness and light, but trouble and darkness came instead.

²⁷I am torn apart by worry and pain; I have had day after day of suffering.

²⁸I go about in gloom, without any sunshine; I stand up in public and plead for help.

²⁹My voice is as sad and lonely as the cries of a jackal or an ostrich.

³⁰My skin has turned dark; I am burning with fever.

³¹Where once I heard joyful music, now I hear only mourning and weeping.