Job 30:20-26
New Living Translation
20 “I cry to you, O God, but you don’t answer.
I stand before you, but you don’t even look.
21 You have become cruel toward me.
You use your power to persecute me.
22 You throw me into the whirlwind
and destroy me in the storm.
23 And I know you are sending me to my death—
the destination of all who live.
24 “Surely no one would turn against the needy
when they cry for help in their trouble.
25 Did I not weep for those in trouble?
Was I not deeply grieved for the needy?
26 So I looked for good, but evil came instead.
I waited for the light, but darkness fell.
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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