[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. younger...: Heb. of fewer days than I
[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. solitary: or, dark as the night in...: Heb. yesternight
[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. caves: Heb. holes
[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. base...: Heb. men of no name
[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. and...: Heb. and withhold not spittle from
[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. my soul: Heb. my principal one
[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. become...: Heb. turned to be cruel thy...: Heb. the strength of thy hand
[22]
Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it , and dissolvest my substance. substance: or, wisdom
[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. grave: Heb. heap
[25]
Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor? in trouble: Heb. hard of day?
[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. owls: or, ostriches
[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.

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