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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.
Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?
Indeed, what profit is the strength of their hands to me?
Their vigor has perished.
Their vigor has perished.
For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.
They are gaunt from want and famine,
Fleeing late to the wilderness, desolate and waste,
Fleeing late to the wilderness, desolate and waste,
Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.
They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;)
They were driven out from among men,
They shouted at them as at a thief.
They shouted at them as at a thief.
To dwell in the clifts of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks.
Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.
Among the bushes they brayed,
Under the nettles they nestled.
Under the nettles they nestled.
They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.
They were sons of fools,
Yes, sons of vile men;
They were scourged from the land.
Yes, sons of vile men;
They were scourged from the land.
And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
“And now I am their taunting song;
Yes, I am their byword.
Yes, I am their byword.
They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.
They abhor me, they keep far from me;
They do not hesitate to spit in my face.
They do not hesitate to spit in my face.
Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.
Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.
At my right hand the rabble arises;
They push away my feet,
And they raise against me their ways of destruction.
They push away my feet,
And they raise against me their ways of destruction.
They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.
They break up my path,
They promote my calamity;
They have no helper.
They promote my calamity;
They have no helper.
They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.
They come as broad breakers;
Under the ruinous storm they roll along.
Under the ruinous storm they roll along.
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.
Terrors are turned upon me;
They pursue my honor as the wind,
And my prosperity has passed like a cloud.
They pursue my honor as the wind,
And my prosperity has passed like a cloud.
And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
“And now my soul is poured out because of my plight;
The days of affliction take hold of me.
The days of affliction take hold of me.
My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.
My bones are pierced in me at night,
And my gnawing pains take no rest.
And my gnawing pains take no rest.
By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
By great force my garment is disfigured;
It binds me about as the collar of my coat.
It binds 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 cast me into the mire,
And I have become like dust and ashes.
And I have become like dust and ashes.
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.
“I cry out to You, but You do not answer me;
I stand up, and You regard me.
I stand up, and You regard me.
Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.
But You have become cruel to me;
With the strength of Your hand You oppose me.
With the strength of Your hand You oppose me.
Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance.
You lift me up to the wind and cause me to ride on it;
You spoil my success.
You spoil my success.
For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
For I know that You will bring me to death,
And to the house appointed for all living.
And to the house appointed for all living.
Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.
“Surely He would not stretch out His hand against a heap of ruins,
If they cry out when He destroys it.
If they cry out when He destroys it.
Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?
Have I not wept for him who was in trouble?
Has not my soul grieved for the poor?
Has not my soul grieved for the poor?
When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
But when I looked for good, evil came to me;
And when I waited for light, then came darkness.
And when I waited for light, then came darkness.
My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.
I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.
I go about mourning, but not in the sun;
I stand up in the assembly and cry out for help.
I stand up in the assembly and cry out for help.
I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
I am a brother of jackals,
And a companion of ostriches.
And a companion of ostriches.
My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
My skin grows black and falls from me;
My bones burn with fever.
My bones burn with fever.