Job 30
1 And now - they have laughed on me [people] young more than me to days whom I rejected fathers their to put with [the] dogs of flock my.
But now, those younger in years scorn me, whose fathers I would not have seen fit to place with the dogs of my flock,
2 Also [the] strength of hands their why? to me on them it had perished vigor.
the strength of whose hands was nothing to me, and they were considered unworthy of life itself.
3 In poverty and in hunger barren the [ones who] gnaw a dry region yesterday of ruin and desolation.
They were barren from poverty and hunger; they gnawed in solitude, layered with misfortune and misery.
4 Those [who] pluck off mallow on bush[es] and [the] root of broom plants [for] food their.
And they chewed grass and the bark from trees, and the root of junipers was their food.
5 From [the] community they are driven away people shout on them like thief.
They took these things from the steep valleys, and when they discovered one of these things, they rushed to the others with a cry.
6 On [the] slope of wadis to dwell holes of [the] ground and rocks.
They lived in the parched desert and in caves underground or above the rocks.
7 Between bushes they bray under nettle[s] they are joined together.
They rejoiced among these kinds of things, and they considered it delightful to be under thorns.
8 Sons of a fool also sons of not a name they have been scourged from the land.
These are the sons of foolish and base men, not even paying any attention to the land.
9 And now taunt song their I have become and I have become for them a word.
Now I become their song, and I have been made into their proverb.
10 They abhor me they are distant from me and from face my not they have withheld spittle.
They loathe me, and so they flee far from me, and they are not reluctant to spit in my face.
11 For (string my *Q(K)*) he has loosened and he has afflicted me and [the] halter from before me they have sent away.
For he has opened his quiver and has afflicted me, and he has placed a bridle in my mouth.
12 On [the] right [side] a brood they arise feet my they have sent away and they have piled up on me [the] paths of disaster their.
Immediately, upon rising, my calamities rise up to the right. They have overturned my feet and have pressed me down along their way like waves.
13 They have torn down pathway my to destruction my they benefit not a helper [belongs] to them.
They have diverted my journeys; they have waited to ambush me, and they have prevailed, and there was no one who might bring help.
14 Like a breach wide they come under devastation they have rolled themselves.
They have rushed upon me, as when a wall is broken or a gate opened, and they have been pulled down into my miseries.
15 It has been turned on me sudden terror it pursues like the wind dignity my and like a cloud it has passed away prosperity my.
I have been reduced to nothing. You have taken away my desire like a wind, and my health has passed by like a cloud.
16 And now on me it pours itself out life my they seize me days of affliction.
But now my soul withers within myself, and the days of affliction take hold of me.
17 Night bones my he has pierced from on me and gnawing [pains] my not they rest!
At night, my bone is pierced with sorrows, and those who feed on me, do not sleep.
18 With greatness of strength it disguises itself clothing my like [the] mouth of tunic my he girds about me.
By the sheer number of them my clothing is worn away, and they have closed in on me like the collar of my coat.
19 He has thrown me to the mud and I have become like like dust and ash[es].
I have been treated like dirt, and I have been turned into embers and ashes.
20 I cry for help to you and not you answer me I have stood and you have considered carefully me.
I cry to you, and you do not heed me. I stand up, and you do not look back at me.
21 You change yourself into [one] cruel to me with [the] might of hand your you are hostile to me.
You have changed me into hardness, and, with the hardness of your hand, you oppose me.
22 You lift up me to [the] wind you make ride me and you dissolve me (success. *Q(K)*)
You have lifted me up, and, placing me as if on the wind, you have thrown me down powerfully.
23 For I know death you will bring me and a house of appointed meeting for every living [thing].
I know that you will hand me over to death, where a home has been established for all the living.
24 Surely not on a heap of ruins anyone stretches out a hand or in disaster his to them a cry for help.
Truly, then, you do not extend your hand in order to consume them, and if they fall down, you will save them.
25 Not did I weep for [the] hard of day was it grieved? self my for the needy [person].
Once, I wept over him who was afflicted, and my soul had compassion on the poor.
26 If good I waited for and it came evil and I waited for light and it came darkness.
I expected good things, but evil things have come to me. I stood ready for light, yet darkness burst forth.
27 Inward parts my they have been made to boil and not they have been still they have confronted me days of affliction.
My insides have seethed, without any rest, for the days of affliction have prevented it.
28 Being dark I have gone about with not sun I have stood in the assembly I cry out for help.
I went forth mourning, without anger, and rising up, I cried out in confusion.
29 A brother I have become of jackals and a companion of daughters of an ostrich.
I was the brother of snakes, and the companion of ostriches.
30 Skin my it has become black from on me and bone my it has burned from heat.
My skin has become blackened over me, and my bones have dried up because of the heat.
31 And it has become mourning harp my and flute my [the] sound of weepers.
My harp has been turned into mourning, and my pipes have been turned into a voice of weeping.
