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“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.
Job’s Present State Is Humiliating
“But now those younger than I mock me,
Whose fathers I disdained to put with the dogs of my flock.
“But now those younger than I mock me,
Whose fathers I disdained to put with the dogs of my flock.
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?
“Indeed, what good was the strength of their hands to me?
Vigor had perished from them.
Vigor had perished from them.
“From want and famine they are gaunt
Who gnaw the dry ground by night in waste and desolation,
Who gnaw the dry ground by night in waste and desolation,
Who pluck mallow by the bushes,
And whose food is the root of the broom shrub.
And whose food is the root of the broom shrub.
They were banished from human society,
shouted at as if they were thieves.
shouted at as if they were thieves.
“They are driven from the community;
They shout against them as against a thief,
They shout against them as against a thief,
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.
So that they dwell in dreadful valleys,
In holes of the earth and of the rocks.
In holes of the earth and of the rocks.
They brayed among the bushes
and huddled in the undergrowth.
and huddled in the undergrowth.
“Among the bushes they cry out;
Under the nettles they are gathered together.
Under the nettles they are gathered together.
A base and nameless brood,
they were driven out of the land.
they were driven out of the land.
“Fools, even those without a name,
They were scourged from the land.
They were scourged from the land.
“And now those young men mock me in song;
I have become a byword among them.
I have become a byword among them.
“And now I have become their taunt,
I have even become a byword to them.
I have even become a byword to them.
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.
“They abhor me and stand aloof from me,
And they do not refrain from spitting at my face.
And they do not refrain from spitting at my face.
Now that God has unstrung my bow and afflicted me,
they throw off restraint in my presence.
they throw off restraint in my presence.
“Because He has loosed His bowstring and afflicted me,
They have cast off the bridle before me.
They have cast off the bridle before me.
“On the right hand their brood arises;
They thrust aside my feet and build up against me their ways of destruction.
They thrust aside my feet and build up against me their ways of destruction.
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 break up my path,
They profit from my destruction;
No one restrains them.
They profit from my destruction;
No one restrains them.
They advance as through a gaping breach;
amid the ruins they come rolling in.
amid the ruins they come rolling in.
“As through a wide breach they come,
Amid the tempest they roll on.
Amid the tempest they roll on.
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.
“Terrors are turned against me;
They pursue my honor as the wind,
And my prosperity has passed away like a cloud.
They pursue my honor as the wind,
And my prosperity has passed away like a cloud.
“And now my life ebbs away;
days of suffering grip me.
days of suffering grip me.
“And now my soul is poured out within me;
Days of affliction have seized me.
Days of affliction have seized me.
Night pierces my bones;
my gnawing pains never rest.
my gnawing pains never rest.
“At night it pierces my bones within me,
And my gnawing pains take no rest.
And my gnawing pains take no rest.
“By a great force my garment is distorted;
It binds me about as the collar of my coat.
It binds me about as the collar of my coat.
He throws me into the mud,
and I am reduced to dust and ashes.
and I am reduced to dust and ashes.
“He has cast me into the mire,
And I have become like dust and ashes.
And I have become like dust and ashes.
“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.
“I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer me;
I stand up, and You turn Your attention against me.
I stand up, and You turn Your attention against me.
You turn on me ruthlessly;
with the might of your hand you attack me.
with the might of your hand you attack me.
“You have become cruel to me;
With the might of Your hand You persecute me.
With the might of Your hand You persecute me.
You snatch me up and drive me before the wind;
you toss me about in the storm.
you toss me about in the storm.
“You lift me up to the wind and cause me to ride;
And You dissolve me in a storm.
And You dissolve me in a storm.
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.
“For I know that You will bring me to death
And to the house of meeting for all living.
And to the house of meeting for all living.
“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.
“Yet does not one in a heap of ruins stretch out his hand,
Or in his disaster therefore cry out for help?
Or in his disaster therefore cry out for help?
Have I not wept for those in trouble?
Has not my soul grieved for the poor?
Has not my soul grieved for the poor?
“Have I not wept for the one whose life is hard?
Was not my soul grieved for the needy?
Was not my soul grieved for the needy?
Yet when I hoped for good, evil came;
when I looked for light, then came darkness.
when I looked for light, then came darkness.
“When I expected good, then evil came;
When I waited for light, then darkness came.
When I waited for light, then darkness came.
The churning inside me never stops;
days of suffering confront me.
days of suffering confront me.
“I am seething within and cannot relax;
Days of affliction confront me.
Days of affliction confront me.
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 go about mourning without comfort;
I stand up in the assembly and cry out for help.
I stand up in the assembly and cry out for help.
I have become a brother of jackals,
a companion of owls.
a companion of owls.
“I have become a brother to jackals
And a companion of ostriches.
And a companion of ostriches.
My skin grows black and peels;
my body burns with fever.
my body burns with fever.
“My skin turns black on me,
And my bones burn with fever.
And my bones burn with fever.