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.
“And now, laughed at me, Have the younger in days than I, Whose fathers I have loathed to set With the dogs of my flock.
2 Also [the] strength of hands their why? to me on them it had perished vigor.
Also—the power of their hands, why [is it] to me? On them old age has perished.
3 In poverty and in hunger barren the [ones who] gnaw a dry region yesterday of ruin and desolation.
With want and with harsh famine, They are gnawing a dry place [in] the recent night, [In] desolation and ruin,
4 Those [who] pluck off mallow on bush[es] and [the] root of broom plants [for] food their.
Those cropping mallows near a shrub, And their food [is] root of broom trees.
5 From [the] community they are driven away people shout on them like thief.
They are cast out from the midst (They shout against them as a thief),
6 On [the] slope of wadis to dwell holes of [the] ground and rocks.
To dwell in a frightful place of valleys, Holes of earth and clefts.
7 Between bushes they bray under nettle[s] they are joined together.
They groan among shrubs, They are gathered together under nettles.
8 Sons of a fool also sons of not a name they have been scourged from the land.
Sons of folly—even sons without name, They have been struck from the land.
9 And now taunt song their I have become and I have become for them a word.
And now, I have been their song, And I am to them for a byword.
10 They abhor me they are distant from me and from face my not they have withheld spittle.
They have detested me, They have kept far from me, And from before me have not spared to spit.
11 For (string my *Q(K)*) he has loosened and he has afflicted me and [the] halter from before me they have sent away.
Because He loosed His cord and afflicts me, And the bridle from before me, They have cast away.
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.
A brood arises on the right hand, They have cast away my feet, And they raise up against me, Their paths of calamity.
13 They have torn down pathway my to destruction my they benefit not a helper [belongs] to them.
They have broken down my path, They profit by my calamity: He has no helper.
14 Like a breach wide they come under devastation they have rolled themselves.
They come as a wide breach, Under the desolation have rolled themselves.
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.
He has turned terrors against me, It pursues my abundance as the wind, And as a thick cloud, My safety has passed away.
16 And now on me it pours itself out life my they seize me days of affliction.
And now, in me my soul pours itself out, Days of affliction seize me.
17 Night bones my he has pierced from on me and gnawing [pains] my not they rest!
[At] night my bone has been pierced in me, And my gnawing [pain] does not lie down.
18 With greatness of strength it disguises itself clothing my like [the] mouth of tunic my he girds about me.
By the abundance of power, Is my clothing changed, As the mouth of my coat it girds me.
19 He has thrown me to the mud and I have become like like dust and ash[es].
Casting me into mire, And I have become like dust 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 answer me, I have stood, and You consider me.
21 You change yourself into [one] cruel to me with [the] might of hand your you are hostile to me.
You are turned to be fierce to me, With the strength of Your hand, You oppress me.
22 You lift up me to [the] wind you make ride me and you dissolve me (success. *Q(K)*)
You lift me up, You cause me to ride on the wind, And You melt—You level me.
23 For I know death you will bring me and a house of appointed meeting for every living [thing].
For I have known You bring me back [to] death, And [to] the house appointed for all living.
24 Surely not on a heap of ruins anyone stretches out a hand or in disaster his to them a cry for help.
Surely not against the heap Does He send forth the hand, Though they have safety in its ruin.
25 Not did I weep for [the] hard of day was it grieved? self my for the needy [person].
Did I not weep for him whose day is hard? My soul has grieved for the needy.
26 If good I waited for and it came evil and I waited for light and it came darkness.
When I expected good, then comes evil, And I wait for light, and darkness comes.
27 Inward parts my they have been made to boil and not they have been still they have confronted me days of affliction.
My bowels have boiled, and have not ceased, Days of affliction have gone before me.
28 Being dark I have gone about with not sun I have stood in the assembly I cry out for help.
I have gone mourning without the sun, I have risen, I cry in an assembly.
29 A brother I have become of jackals and a companion of daughters of an ostrich.
I have been a brother to dragons, And a companion to daughters of the ostrich.
30 Skin my it has become black from on me and bone my it has burned from heat.
My skin has been black on me, And my bone has burned from heat,
31 And it has become mourning harp my and flute my [the] sound of weepers.
And my harp becomes mourning, And my pipe the sound of weeping.”
