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 men who are younger than I am make fun of me— men whose fathers I greatly despised, with the result that I would not even have allowed them to help my dogs guard my sheep.
2 Also [the] strength of hands their why? to me on them it had perished vigor.
They were men who were old and (weak/worn out); so (what could I gain from them working for me?/I would have gained nothing from them working for me.) [RHQ]
3 In poverty and in hunger barren the [ones who] gnaw a dry region yesterday of ruin and desolation.
They were very poor and hungry, with the result that they chewed on roots [at night] in dry and desolate places.
4 Those [who] pluck off mallow on bush[es] and [the] root of broom plants [for] food their.
They pulled up plants in the desert [and ate them] and warmed themselves by [burning] the roots of broom trees.
5 From [the] community they are driven away people shout on them like thief.
Everyone shouted at them as though they were thieves and expelled them [from their areas].
6 On [the] slope of wadis to dwell holes of [the] ground and rocks.
They were forced to live in caves in the hills, in holes in the ground, and in the sides of cliffs.
7 Between bushes they bray under nettle[s] they are joined together.
In the bushes they howled [like animals because they were hungry], and they huddled together under thornbushes.
8 Sons of a fool also sons of not a name they have been scourged from the land.
They were people without good sense, whose names no one knows; they have been expelled from the land [where they were born].
9 And now taunt song their I have become and I have become for them a word.
“And now their [children] sing songs to make fun of me. They tell jokes about me.
10 They abhor me they are distant from me and from face my not they have withheld spittle.
They are disgusted with me, and they [usually] stay away from me, [but when they see me, ] they are happy 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.
Because [it is as though] [MET] God has cut my bowstring, [he has caused me to be unable to defend myself, ] and he has humbled me, and my enemies have done to me whatever they wanted.
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.
(Gangs/Groups of violent youths) attack me and force me to run away; they prepare to destroy me.
13 They have torn down pathway my to destruction my they benefit not a helper [belongs] to them.
They prevent me from escaping, and they [do] not [need] anyone to help them (OR, there is no one to help me).
14 Like a breach wide they come under devastation they have rolled themselves.
[It is as though I am a city wall and] [SIM] they have broken through the wall, and they have come crashing down on me.
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 am very terrified; My dignity/honor has been taken away as though [SIM] [it has been] blown away by the wind, and my prosperity has disappeared like [SIM] clouds disappear.
16 And now on me it pours itself out life my they seize me days of affliction.
“And now I [SYN] am about to die [IDM]; I suffer every day.
17 Night bones my he has pierced from on me and gnawing [pains] my not they rest!
My bones ache during the night, and the pain that torments me never stops.
18 With greatness of strength it disguises itself clothing my like [the] mouth of tunic my he girds about me.
[It is as though God] seizes my clothes and chokes me with the collar of my coat.
19 He has thrown me to the mud and I have become like like dust and ash[es].
He has thrown me into the mud; I am [not worth anything more than] 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 out to God, but he does not answer/help me; I stand up [and pray], but he does not pay any attention.
21 You change yourself into [one] cruel to me with [the] might of hand your you are hostile to me.
He acts very cruelly toward me; with all of his power [MTY] he causes me to suffer.
22 You lift up me to [the] wind you make ride me and you dissolve me (success. *Q(K)*)
He [allows] the wind to lift me up and blow me away, and he tosses me up and down in a violent storm.
23 For I know death you will bring me and a house of appointed meeting for every living [thing].
I know that he will cause me to die, which is what happens to everyone [MTY] who is alive.
24 Surely not on a heap of ruins anyone stretches out a hand or in disaster his to them a cry for help.
“When people experience disasters, and they sit on a pile of ruins and cry out for help, others surely [RHQ] reach out their hand to help them.
25 Not did I weep for [the] hard of day was it grieved? self my for the needy [person].
[That is what I did previously]. I wept for people who were experiencing troubles, and I felt sorry for poor/needy people.
26 If good I waited for and it came evil and I waited for light and it came darkness.
But when I expected good things [to happen to me], evil things happened; when I waited for light/happiness, all I experienced was darkness/unhappiness [MET].
27 Inward parts my they have been made to boil and not they have been still they have confronted me days of affliction.
I am very distressed [IDM], all the time; I suffer every day.
28 Being dark I have gone about with not sun I have stood in the assembly I cry out for help.
I go about very discouraged; I stand up and plead for people to help me.
29 A brother I have become of jackals and a companion of daughters of an ostrich.
My wailing sounds as sad as [MET] the cries of jackals/foxes and ostriches.
30 Skin my it has become black from on me and bone my it has burned from heat.
My skin has become dark/black and is peeling off, and I have a fever [which causes my body to feel like it is] burning.
31 And it has become mourning harp my and flute my [the] sound of weepers.
Previously, I played joyful music on my harp and with my flute, but now I play only the sad music of those who mourn.”
