Job 30:20-26

International Standard Version

²⁰ I cry for help to you,
    but you won’t answer me;
I stand still,
    but you only look at me.
²¹ You changed toward me, and now you’re cruel to me;
    with your mighty hand you are persecuting me;
²² you carried me off in a wind storm,
    making me ride on it
        while you toss me about as the storm roars around me.
²³ I know that you’re about to kill me,
    so I’m about to go to the house that’s appointed for all the living.”

²⁴ “Surely he won’t stretch his hand against the needy, will he,
    especially if they cry to him in their calamity?
²⁵ Haven’t I wept for the one who is going through hard times?
    Haven’t I grieved for the needy?
²⁶ I have hoped for good, but evil came instead;
    I have hoped for light, but darkness came.