Job 30:20-26
New American Standard Bible
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.
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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