Job 30:20-26
Christian Standard Bible
20 I cry out to you for help, but you do not answer me;(A)
when I stand up, you merely look at me.
21 You have turned against me with cruelty;
you harass(B) me with your strong hand.
22 You lift me up on the wind and make me ride it;
you scatter me in the storm.(C)
23 Yes, I know that you will lead me to death—
the place(D) appointed for all who live.
24 Yet no one would stretch out his hand
against a ruined person[a]
when he cries out to him for help
because of his distress.(E)
25 Have I not wept for those who have fallen on hard times?
Has my soul not grieved for the needy?(F)
26 But when I hoped for good, evil came;
when I looked for light, darkness(G) came.
Footnotes
- 30:24 Lit a heap of ruins
Job 30:20-26
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
20 I cry to you, and you do not answer me;
I stand, and you merely look at me.(A)
21 You have turned cruel to me;
with the might of your hand you persecute me.(B)
22 You lift me up on the wind, you make me ride on it,
and you toss me about in the roar of the storm.(C)
23 I know that you will bring me to death,
to the house appointed for all living.(D)
24 “Surely one does not turn against the needy,[a]
when in disaster they cry for help.[b](E)
25 Did I not weep for those whose day was hard?
Was not my soul grieved for the poor?(F)
26 But when I looked for good, evil came,
and when I waited for light, darkness came.(G)
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