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Job's Honor Turned into Contempt
But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.
But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.
“But now they mock me,
men younger than I,
whose fathers I would have disdained
to put with my sheep dogs.
men younger than I,
whose fathers I would have disdained
to put with my sheep dogs.
Yea, whereto [should] the strength of their hands [profit] me, [men] in whom vigour hath perished?
Of what use was the strength of their hands to me,
since their vigor had gone from them?
since their vigor had gone from them?
Withered up through want and hunger, they flee into waste places long since desolate and desert:
They gather the salt-wort among the bushes, and the roots of the broom for their food.
They are driven forth from among [men] -- they cry after them as after a thief --
They were banished from human society,
shouted at as if they were thieves.
shouted at as if they were thieves.
To dwell in gloomy gorges, in caves of the earth and the rocks:
They were forced to live in the dry stream beds,
among the rocks and in holes in the ground.
among the rocks and in holes in the ground.
They bray among the bushes; under the brambles they are gathered together:
They brayed among the bushes
and huddled in the undergrowth.
and huddled in the undergrowth.
Sons of fools, and sons of nameless sires, they are driven out of the land.
A base and nameless brood,
they were driven out of the land.
they were driven out of the land.
And now I am their song, yea, I am their byword.
“And now those young men mock me in song;
I have become a byword among them.
I have become a byword among them.
They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, yea, they spare not to spit in my face.
They detest me and keep their distance;
they do not hesitate to spit in my face.
they do not hesitate to spit in my face.
For he hath loosed my cord and afflicted me; so they cast off the bridle before me.
Now that God has unstrung my bow and afflicted me,
they throw off restraint in my presence.
they throw off restraint in my presence.
At [my] right hand rise the young brood; they push away my feet, and raise up against me their pernicious ways;
They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, without any to help them;
They break up my road;
they succeed in destroying me.
‘No one can help him,’ they say.
they succeed in destroying me.
‘No one can help him,’ they say.
They come in as through a wide breach: amid the confusion they roll themselves onward.
They advance as through a gaping breach;
amid the ruins they come rolling in.
amid the ruins they come rolling in.
Job's Prosperity Becomes Calamity
Terrors are turned against me; they pursue mine honour as the wind; and my welfare is passed away like a cloud.
Terrors are turned against me; they pursue mine honour as the wind; and my welfare is passed away like a cloud.
Terrors overwhelm me;
my dignity is driven away as by the wind,
my safety vanishes like a cloud.
my dignity is driven away as by the wind,
my safety vanishes like a cloud.
And now my soul is poured out in me; days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
“And now my life ebbs away;
days of suffering grip me.
days of suffering grip me.
The night pierceth through my bones [and detacheth them] from me, and my gnawing pains take no rest:
Night pierces my bones;
my gnawing pains never rest.
my gnawing pains never rest.
By their great force they have become my raiment; they bind me about as the collar of my coat.
He hath cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes.
He throws me into the mud,
and I am reduced to dust and ashes.
and I am reduced to dust and ashes.
I cry unto thee, and thou answerest me not; I stand up, and thou lookest at me.
“I cry out to you, God, but you do not answer;
I stand up, but you merely look at me.
I stand up, but you merely look at me.
Thou art changed to a cruel one to me; with the strength of thy hand thou pursuest me.
You turn on me ruthlessly;
with the might of your hand you attack me.
with the might of your hand you attack me.
Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to be borne away, and dissolvest my substance.
You snatch me up and drive me before the wind;
you toss me about in the storm.
you toss me about in the storm.
For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and into the house of assemblage for all living.
I know you will bring me down to death,
to the place appointed for all the living.
to the place appointed for all the living.
Indeed, no prayer [availeth] when he stretcheth out [his] hand: though they cry when he destroyeth.
“Surely no one lays a hand on a broken man
when he cries for help in his distress.
when he cries for help in his distress.
Did not I weep for him whose days were hard? was not my soul grieved for the needy?
Have I not wept for those in trouble?
Has not my soul grieved for the poor?
Has not my soul grieved for the poor?
For I expected good, and there came evil; and I waited for light, but there came darkness.
Yet when I hoped for good, evil came;
when I looked for light, then came darkness.
when I looked for light, then came darkness.
My bowels well up, and rest not; days of affliction have confronted me.
The churning inside me never stops;
days of suffering confront me.
days of suffering confront me.
I go about blackened, but not by the sun; I stand up, I cry in the congregation.
I go about blackened, but not by the sun;
I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.
I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.
I am become a brother to jackals, and a companion of ostriches.
I have become a brother of jackals,
a companion of owls.
a companion of owls.
My skin is become black [and falleth] off me, and my bones are parched with heat.
My skin grows black and peels;
my body burns with fever.
my body burns with fever.