20 I cry to you for help and you do not answer me;
    I stand, and you only look at me.
21 You have (A)turned cruel to me;
    with the might of your hand you (B)persecute me.
22 (C)You lift me up on the wind; you make me ride on it,
    and you toss me about in the roar of the storm.
23 (D)For I know that you will bring me to death
    and to the house appointed for (E)all living.

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

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Notas al pie

  1. Job 30:24 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain

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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Notas al pie

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