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)
Job 30:20-26
International Standard Version
20 I cry for help to you,
but you won’t answer me;
I stand still,
but you only look at me.
21 You changed toward me, and now you’re cruel to me;
with your mighty hand you are persecuting me;
22 you carried me off in a wind storm,
making me ride on it
while you toss me about as the storm roars around me.
23 I know that you’re about to kill me,
so I’m about to go to the house that’s appointed for all the living.”
Job Lists His Hopes Despite His Deplorable Condition
24 “Surely he won’t stretch his hand against the needy, will he,
especially if they cry to him in their calamity?
25 Haven’t I wept for the one who is going through hard times?
Haven’t I grieved for the needy?
26 I have hoped for good, but evil came instead;
I have hoped for light, but darkness came.
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