Job 30

1But nowH6258 they that are youngerH6810 than I have me in derision, whose fathersH1 I would have disdained to setH7896 with the dogsH3611 of my flockH6629. 2Yea, whereto [should] the strengthH3581 of their handsH3027 [profit] me, [men] in whom vigour hath perishedH6? 3Withered up through want and hunger, they flee into waste places long since desolate and desert: 4They gather the salt-wort among the bushesH7880, and the rootsH8328 of the broomH7574 for their foodH3899. 5They are drivenH1644 forth from among [men] — they cryH7321 after them as after a thiefH1590 — 6To dwellH7931 in gloomy gorges, in caves of the earthH6083 and the rocksH3710: 7They brayH5101 among the bushesH7880; under the brambles they are gathered together: 8SonsH1121 of foolsH5036, and sonsH1121 of nameless sires, they are driven out of the landH776. 9And nowH6258 I amH1961 their songH5058, yea, I amH1961 their byword. 10They abhorH8581 me, they stand aloof from me, yea, they spare not to spit in my faceH6440. 11For he hath loosed my cord and afflicted me; so they cast off the bridle before me. 12At [my] rightH3225 handH3225 riseH6965 the young brood; they push awayH7971 my feetH7272, and raiseH6965 up against me their pernicious waysH734; 13They mar my pathH5410, they set forward my calamity, without any to helpH5826 them; 14They comeH857 in as through a wideH7342 breachH6556: amid the confusion they rollH1556 themselves onward. 15TerrorsH1091 are turnedH2015 against me; they pursueH7291 mine honour as the windH7307; and my welfare is passedH5674 away like a cloudH5645. 16And nowH6258 my soulH5315 is pouredH8210 out in me; daysH3117 of affliction have takenH270 holdH270 upon me. 17The nightH3915 pierceth through my bonesH6106 [and detacheth them] from me, and my gnawing pains take no restH7901: 18By their greatH7227 force they have become my raiment; they bind me about as the collar of my coat. 19He hath cast me into the mire, and I have become like dustH6083 and ashesH665. 20I cryH7768 unto thee, and thou answerest me not; I standH5975 up, and thou lookest at me. 21Thou art changedH2015 to a cruelH393 one to me; with the strength of thy handH3027 thou pursuest me. 22Thou liftest me up to the windH7307; thou causest me to be borneH5375 awayH5375, and dissolvest my substance. 23For I knowH3045 that thou wilt bringH7725 me to deathH4194, and into the houseH1004 of assemblage for all living. 24Indeed, no prayer [availeth] when he stretcheth out [his] handH3027: though they cry when he destroyeth. 25Did not I weepH1058 for him whose daysH3117 were hardH7186? was not my soulH5315 grieved for the needyH34? 26For I expected goodH2896, and there cameH935 evilH7451; and I waitedH3176 for lightH216, but there cameH935 darknessH652. 27My bowelsH4578 well up, and rest not; daysH3117 of affliction have confrontedH6923 me. 28I goH1980 about blackened, but not by the sunH2535; I standH6965 up, I cryH7768 in the congregation. 29I amH1961 becomeH1961 a brotherH251 to jackalsH8577, and a companionH7453 of ostrichesH3284. 30My skinH5785 is become black [and falleth] off me, and my bonesH6106 are parched with heat. 31My harpH3658 also is [turned] to mourningH60, and my pipe into the voiceH6963 of weepers.