12 My dwelling is plucked up and removed from me
like a shepherd’s tent.(A)
I have rolled up my life like a weaver;(B)
he cuts me off from the loom.(C)
By nightfall[a] you make an end of me.(D)
13 I thought until the morning:
He will break all my bones like a lion.
By nightfall you make an end of me.
14 I chirp like a swallow or a crane;
I moan like a dove.(E)
My eyes grow weak looking upward.
Lord, I am oppressed; support me.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. 38:12 Lit From day until night, also in v. 13

12 Like a shepherd’s tent(A) my house
    has been pulled down(B) and taken from me.
Like a weaver I have rolled(C) up my life,
    and he has cut me off from the loom;(D)
    day and night(E) you made an end of me.
13 I waited patiently(F) till dawn,
    but like a lion he broke(G) all my bones;(H)
    day and night(I) you made an end of me.
14 I cried like a swift or thrush,
    I moaned like a mourning dove.(J)
My eyes grew weak(K) as I looked to the heavens.
    I am being threatened; Lord, come to my aid!”(L)

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