27 The churning inside me never stops;(A)
    days of suffering confront me.(B)
28 I go about blackened,(C) but not by the sun;
    I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.(D)
29 I have become a brother of jackals,(E)
    a companion of owls.(F)
30 My skin grows black(G) and peels;(H)
    my body burns with fever.(I)
31 My lyre is tuned to mourning,(J)
    and my pipe(K) to the sound of wailing.

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27 [a]My heart is in turmoil and cannot rest;
Days of affliction confront me.
28 (A)I go about mourning, but not in the sun;
I stand up in the assembly and cry out for help.
29 (B)I am a brother of jackals,
And a companion of ostriches.
30 (C)My skin grows black and falls from me;
(D)My bones burn with fever.
31 My harp is turned to mourning,
And my flute to the voice of those who weep.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 30:27 I seethe inside