24 “Yet does one in a heap of ruins not reach out with his hand,
Or in his disaster does he not (A)cry out for help?
25 Have I not (B)wept for the [a]one whose life is hard?
Was my soul not grieved for (C)the needy?
26 When I (D)expected good, evil came;
When I waited for light, (E)darkness came.
27 [b]I am seething (F)within and cannot rest;
Days of misery confront me.
28 I go about [c](G)mourning without comfort;
I stand up in the assembly and (H)cry out for help.
29 I have become a brother to (I)jackals,
And a companion of ostriches.
30 My (J)skin turns black [d]on me,
And my (K)bones burn with [e]fever.
31 Therefore my (L)harp [f]is turned to mourning,
And my flute to the sound of those who weep.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 30:25 Lit hard of day
  2. Job 30:27 Lit My inward parts are boiling
  3. Job 30:28 Or blackened, but not by the heat of the sun
  4. Job 30:30 Lit from upon
  5. Job 30:30 Lit heat
  6. Job 30:31 Lit becomes

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