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  30:1 ¶
But now the youngest have laughed me to scorn, now they reprove me in [their] turn, whose fathers I set at nought; whom I did not deem worthy [to be with] my shepherd dogs. |
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30:1 ¶
But now°
[they that are] younger°°
than°
I have me in derision,°°°
whose°
fathers°
I would have disdained°°
to have set°°
with°
the dogs°
of my flock.° |
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30:2
Yea, why had I the strength of their hands? for them the full term [of life] was lost. |
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30:2
Yea,°
whereto°
[might] the strength°
of their hands°
[profit] me, in whom°
old age°
was perished?°° |
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30:3
[One is] childless in want and famine, [such as] they that fled but lately the distress and misery of drought. |
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30:3
For want°
and famine°
[they were] solitary;°
fleeing°°
into the wilderness°
in former time°
desolate°
and waste.° |
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30:4
Who compass the salt places on the sounding [shore], who had salt [herbs] for their food, and were dishonorable and of no repute, in want of every good thing; who also ate roots of trees by reason of great hunger. |
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30:4
Who cut up°°
mallows°
by°
the bushes,°
and juniper°
roots°
[for] their meat.° |
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30:5
Thieves have risen up against me, |
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30:5
They were driven forth°°
from°
among°
[men], (they cried°°
after°
them as [after] a thief;)° |
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30:6
whose houses were the caves of the rocks, who lived under the wild shrubs. |
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30:6
To dwell°°
in the clifts°
of the valleys,°
[in] caves°
of the earth,°
and [in] the rocks.° |
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30:7
They will cry out among the rustling [bushes]. |
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30:7
Among°
the bushes°
they brayed;°°
under°
the nettles°
they were gathered together.°° |
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30:8
[They are] sons of fools and vile men, [whose] name and glory [are] quenched from off the earth. |
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30:8
[They were] children°
of fools,°
yea,°
children°
of base men:°°
they were viler°°
than°
the earth.° |
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30:9
But now I am their music, and they have me for a by-word. |
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30:9
And now°
am°
I their song,°
yea, I am°
their byword.° |
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30:10
And they stood aloof and abhorred me, and spared not to spit in my face. |
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30:10
They abhor°°
me, they flee far°°
from°
me, and spare°°
not°
to spit°
in my face.°° |
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30:11
For he has opened his quiver and afflicted me: they also have cast off the restraint of my presence. |
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30:11
Because°
he hath loosed°°
my cord,°
and afflicted°°
me, they have also let loose°°
the bridle°
before°°
me. |
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30:12
They have risen up against [me] on the right hand of [their] offspring; they have stretched out their foot, and directed against me the ways of their destruction. |
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30:12
Upon°
[my] right°
[hand] rise°°
the youth;°
they push away°°
my feet,°
and they raise up°°
against°
me the ways°
of their destruction.° |
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30:13
My paths are ruined; for they have stripped off my raiment: he has shot at me with his weapons. |
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30:13
They mar°°
my path,°
they set forward°°
my calamity,°°°
they have no°
helper.°° |
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30:14
And he has pleaded against me as he will: I am overwhelmed with pains. |
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30:14
They came°°
[upon me] as a wide°
breaking°
in°
[of waters]: in°
the desolation°
they rolled°°
themselves°
[upon me]. |
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30:15
My pains return upon [me]; my hope is gone like the wind, and my safety as a cloud. |
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30:15
Terrors°
are turned°°
upon°
me: they pursue°°
my soul°
as the wind:°
and my welfare°
passeth away°°
as a cloud.° |
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30:16
Even now my life shall be poured forth upon me; and days of anguish seize me. |
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30:16
And now°
my soul°
is poured out°°
upon°
me; the days°
of affliction°
have taken hold°°
upon°
me. |
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30:17
And by night my bones are confounded; and my sinews are relaxed. |
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30:17
My bones°
are pierced°°
in°°
me in the night season:°
and my sinews°°
take no rest.°°° |
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30:18
With great force [my disease] has taken hold of my garment: it has compassed me as the collar of my coat. |
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30:18
By the great°
force°
[of my disease] is my garment°
changed:°°
it bindeth me about°°
as the collar°
of my coat.° |
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30:19
And thou hast counted me as clay; my portion in dust and ashes. |
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30:19
He hath cast°°
me into the mire,°
and I am become°
like°°
dust°
and ashes.° |
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30:20
And I have cried to thee, but thou hearest me not: but they stood still, and observed me. |
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30:20
I cry°°
unto°
thee, and thou dost not°
hear°°
me: I stand up,°°
and thou regardest°°
me [not]. |
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30:21
They attacked me also without mercy: thou hast scourged me with a strong hand. |
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30:21
Thou art become°°
cruel°
to me: with thy strong°
hand°
thou opposest°°
thyself against°
me. |
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30:22
And thou hast put me to grief, and hast cast me away from safety. |
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30:22
Thou liftest me up°°
to°
the wind;°
thou causest me to ride°°
[upon it], and dissolvest°°
my substance.°°°° |
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30:23
For I know that death will destroy me: for the earth is the house [appointed] for every mortal. |
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30:23
For°
I know°°
[that] thou wilt bring°°
me [to] death,°
and [to] the house°
appointed°
for all°
living.° |
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30:24
Oh then that I might lay hands upon myself, or at least ask another, and he should do this for me. |
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30:24
Howbeit°
he will not°
stretch out°°
[his] hand°
to the grave,°
though°
they cry°
in his destruction.° |
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30:25
Yet I wept over every helpless man; I groaned when I saw a man in distress. |
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30:25
Did not°
I weep°°
for him that was in trouble?°°
was [not] my soul°
grieved°°
for the poor?° |
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30:26
But I, when I waited for good things, behold, days of evils came the more upon me. |
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30:26
When°
I looked°°
for°
good,°
then evil°
came°°
[unto me]: and when I waited°°
for light,°
there came°°
darkness.° |
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30:27
My belly boiled, and would not cease: the days of poverty prevented me. |
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30:27
My bowels°
boiled,°°
and rested°°
not:°
the days°
of affliction°
prevented°°
me. |
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30:28
I went mourning without restraint: and I have stood and cried out in the assembly. |
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30:28
I went°°
mourning°°
without°
the sun:°
I stood up,°°
[and] I cried°°
in the congregation.° |
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30:29
I am become a brother of monsters, and a companion of ostriches. |
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30:29
I am°
a brother°
to dragons,°
and a companion°
to owls.°° |
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30:30
And my skin has been greatly blackened, and my bones are burned with heat. |
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30:30
My skin°
is black°°
upon°°
me, and my bones°
are burned°°
with°
heat.° |
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30:31
My harp also has been turned into mourning, and my song into my weeping. |
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30:31
My harp°
also is°
[turned] to mourning,°
and my organ°
into the voice°
of them that weep.°° |
