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20 
“I cry to You for help, [Lord,] but You do not answer me;
I stand up, but You [only] gaze [indifferently] at me.
21 
“You have become harsh and cruel to me;
With the might of Your hand You [keep me alive only to] persecute me.
22 
“You lift me up on the wind and cause me to ride [upon it];
And You toss me about in the tempest and dissolve me in the storm.
23 
“For I know that You will bring me to death
And to the house of meeting [appointed] for all the living.

24 
“However, does not one falling in a heap of ruins stretch out his hand?
Or in his disaster [will he not] therefore cry out for help?
25 
“Did I not weep for one whose life was hard and filled with trouble?
Was not my heart grieved for the needy?
26 
“When I expected good, then came evil [to me];
And when I waited for light, then came darkness.

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20 I (A)cry out to You for help, but You do not answer me;
I stand up, and You turn Your attention against me.
21 You have [a]become cruel to me;
With the strength of Your hand You (B)persecute me.
22 You (C)lift me up to the wind and make me ride it;
And You dissolve me in a storm.
23 For I know that You (D)will bring me to death,
And to the (E)house of meeting for all living.

24 “Yet does one in a heap of ruins not reach out with his hand,
Or in his disaster does he not (F)cry out for help?
25 Have I not (G)wept for the [b]one whose life is hard?
Was my soul not grieved for (H)the needy?
26 When I (I)expected good, evil came;
When I waited for light, (J)darkness came.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 30:21 Lit turned to be
  2. Job 30:25 Lit hard of day