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20 I cry to thee and thou dost not answer me;
    I stand, and thou dost not[a] heed me.
21 Thou hast turned cruel to me;
    with the might of thy hand thou dost persecute me.
22 Thou liftest me up on the wind, thou makest me ride on it,
    and thou tossest me about in the roar of the storm.
23 Yea, I know that thou wilt bring me to death,
    and to the house appointed for all living.

24 “Yet does not one in a heap of ruins stretch out his hand,
    and in his disaster cry for help?[b]
25 Did not I weep for him whose day was hard?
    Was not my soul grieved for the poor?
26 But when I looked for good, evil came;
    and when I waited for light, darkness came.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 30:20 One Heb Ms and Vg: Heb lacks not
  2. Job 30:24 Cn: Heb obscure

20 “I cry out to you,(A) God, but you do not answer;(B)
    I stand up, but you merely look at me.
21 You turn on me ruthlessly;(C)
    with the might of your hand(D) you attack me.(E)
22 You snatch me up and drive me before the wind;(F)
    you toss me about in the storm.(G)
23 I know you will bring me down to death,(H)
    to the place appointed for all the living.(I)

24 “Surely no one lays a hand on a broken man(J)
    when he cries for help in his distress.(K)
25 Have I not wept for those in trouble?(L)
    Has not my soul grieved for the poor?(M)
26 Yet when I hoped for good, evil came;
    when I looked for light, then came darkness.(N)

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