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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 have 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 have set with the dogs of my flock.
Job Speaks of His Anguish
“But now I am mocked by people younger than I,
by young men whose fathers are not worthy to run with my sheepdogs.
“But now I am mocked by people younger than I,
by young men whose fathers are not worthy to run with my sheepdogs.
Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?
A lot of good they are to me —
those worn-out wretches!
those worn-out wretches!
For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.
They are gaunt from poverty and hunger.
They claw the dry ground in desolate wastelands.
They claw the dry ground in desolate wastelands.
Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.
They pluck wild greens from among the bushes
and eat from the roots of broom trees.
and eat from the roots of broom trees.
They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;)
They are driven from human society,
and people shout at them as if they were thieves.
and people shout at them as if they were thieves.
To dwell in the clifts of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks.
So now they live in frightening ravines,
in caves and among the rocks.
in caves and among the rocks.
Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.
They sound like animals howling among the bushes,
huddled together beneath the nettles.
huddled together beneath the nettles.
They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.
They are nameless fools,
outcasts from society.
outcasts from society.
And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
“And now they mock me with vulgar songs!
They taunt me!
They taunt me!
They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.
They despise me and won’t come near me,
except to spit in my face.
except to spit in my face.
Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.
For God has cut my bowstring.
He has humbled me,
so they have thrown off all restraint.
He has humbled me,
so they have thrown off all restraint.
Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.
These outcasts oppose me to my face.
They send me sprawling
and lay traps in my path.
They send me sprawling
and lay traps in my path.
They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.
They block my road
and do everything they can to destroy me.
They know I have no one to help me.
and do everything they can to destroy me.
They know I have no one to help me.
They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.
They come at me from all directions.
They jump on me when I am down.
They jump on me when I am down.
Job's Prosperity Becomes Calamity
Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.
Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.
I live in terror now.
My honor has blown away in the wind,
and my prosperity has vanished like a cloud.
My honor has blown away in the wind,
and my prosperity has vanished like a cloud.
And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
“And now my life seeps away.
Depression haunts my days.
Depression haunts my days.
My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.
At night my bones are filled with pain,
which gnaws at me relentlessly.
which gnaws at me relentlessly.
By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
He has thrown me into the mud.
I’m nothing more than dust and ashes.
I’m nothing more than dust and ashes.
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.
“I cry to you, O God, but you don’t answer.
I stand before you, but you don’t even look.
I stand before you, but you don’t even look.
Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.
You have become cruel toward me.
You use your power to persecute me.
You use your power to persecute me.
Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance.
You throw me into the whirlwind
and destroy me in the storm.
and destroy me in the storm.
For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
And I know you are sending me to my death —
the destination of all who live.
the destination of all who live.
Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.
“Surely no one would turn against the needy
when they cry for help in their trouble.
when they cry for help in their trouble.
Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?
Did I not weep for those in trouble?
Was I not deeply grieved for the needy?
Was I not deeply grieved for the needy?
When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
So I looked for good, but evil came instead.
I waited for the light, but darkness fell.
I waited for the light, but darkness fell.
My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.
My heart is troubled and restless.
Days of suffering torment me.
Days of suffering torment me.
I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.
I walk in gloom, without sunlight.
I stand in the public square and cry for help.
I stand in the public square and cry for help.
I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
Instead, I am considered a brother to jackals
and a companion to owls.
and a companion to owls.
My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
My skin has turned dark,
and my bones burn with fever.
and my bones burn with fever.