Job 30 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

“Indeed ^H1571, what ^H4100 good was the strength ^H3581 of their hands ^H3027 to me?

Vigor ^H3624 had perished ^H6 from them.

“From want ^H2639 and famine ^H3720 they are gaunt ^H1565,

Who gnaw ^H6207 the dry ^H6723 ground by night ^H570 in destruction ^H7722 and desolation ^H4875,

Who pluck ^H6998 [fn]mallow ^H4408 by the bushes ^H7880,

And whose food ^H3899 is the root ^H8328 of the broom ^H7574 tree ^H7574.

“They are driven ^H1644 from the community ^H1460;

They shout ^H7321 against ^H5921 them as against a thief ^H1590,

So that they dwell ^H7931 in the slopes ^H6178 of the [fn]valleys ^H5158,

In holes ^H2356 of the dust ^H6083 and of the rocks ^H3710.

“Among ^H996 the bushes ^H7880 they [fn]cry ^H5101 out;

Under ^H8478 the nettles ^H2738 they are gathered ^H5596 together ^H5596.

“[fn]Wicked ^H5036 fools ^H1121 H5036, even ^H1571 [fn]those ^H1121 without ^H1097 a name ^H8034,

They were scourged ^H5217 from the land ^H776.

“And now ^H6258 I have become ^H1961 their mocking song ^H5058;

I have even become ^H1961 a taunting word ^H4405 to them.

“They abhor ^H8581 me and keep ^H7368 a distance ^H7368 from me,

And they do not [fn]hold ^H2820 back ^H2820 from spitting ^H7536 at my face ^H6440.

“Because ^H3588 [fn]He has loosed ^H6605 [fn]His [fn]bowstring ^H3499 and afflicted ^H6031 me,

They have thrust ^H7971 aside ^H7971 their bridle ^H7448 before ^H4480 H6440 me.

“On the right ^H3225 hand ^H3225 their [fn]brood ^H6526 arises ^H6965;

They thrust ^H7971 aside my feet ^H7272 and build ^H5549 up ^H5549 against ^H5921 me their ways ^H734 to disaster ^H343.

“They break ^H5420 up ^H5420 my path ^H5410;

They profit ^H3276 [fn]from my destruction ^H1942;

They have no ^H3808 helper ^H5826.

“As through a wide ^H7342 breach ^H6556 they come ^H857,

[fn]Amid ^H8478 the storm ^H7722 they roll ^H1556 on ^H1556.

“Terrors ^H1091 are turned ^H2015 against ^H5921 me;

They pursue ^H7291 my nobility ^H5082 as the wind ^H7307,

And my hope for salvation ^H3444 has passed ^H5674 away ^H5674 like a cloud ^H5645.

“And now ^H6258 my soul ^H5315 is poured ^H8210 out ^H8210 [fn]within ^H5921 me;

Days ^H3117 of affliction ^H6040 have seized ^H270 me.

“At night ^H3915 it pierces ^H5365 my bones ^H6106 [fn]within ^H4480 H5921 me,

And my gnawing ^H6207 pains take ^H7901 no ^H3808 rest ^H7901.

“By a great ^H7230 force ^H3581 my garment ^H3830 is distorted ^H2664;

It seizes ^H247 me about as the collar ^H6310 of my tunic ^H3801.

“He has cast ^H3384 me into the mire ^H2563,

And I have become ^H4911 like ^H4911 dust ^H6083 and ashes ^H665.

“I cry ^H7768 out ^H7768 to You for ^H7768 help ^H7768, but You do not answer ^H6030 me;

I stand ^H5975 up, and You carefully ^H995 consider ^H995 how to be against me.

“You have [fn]become ^H2015 cruel ^H393 to me;

With the might ^H6108 of Your hand ^H3027 You hunted ^H7852 me down.

“You lift ^H5375 me up ^H5375 to the wind ^H7307 and cause me to ride ^H7392;

And You melt ^H4127 me away in a storm ^H8663.

“For I know ^H3045 that You will bring ^H7725 me to death ^H4194

And to the house ^H1004 of meeting ^H4150 for all ^H3605 living ^H2416.

“Yet ^H389 does not one in a heap ^H5856 of ^H5856 ruins ^H5856 stretch ^H7971 out ^H7971 his hand ^H3027,

Or ^H518, in his upheaval ^H6365, is there a cry ^H7769 for ^H7769 help ^H7769 because ^H3651 of them?

“Have I not wept ^H1058 for the [fn]one whose life ^H3117 is hard ^H7186?

Was not my soul ^H5315 grieved ^H5701 for the needy ^H34?

“When ^H3588 I hoped ^H6960 for good ^H2896, then evil ^H7451 came ^H935;

When I waited ^H3176 for light ^H216, then thick ^H652 darkness ^H652 came ^H935.

“[fn]I am boiling ^H7570 within ^H4578 and cannot ^H3808 be silent ^H1826;

Days ^H3117 of affliction ^H6040 confront ^H6923 me.

“I go ^H1980 about ^H1980 darkened ^H6937 but not ^H3808 by the sun ^H2535;

I stand ^H6965 up ^H6965 in the assembly ^H6951 and cry ^H7768 out ^H7768 for ^H7768 help ^H7768.

“I have become ^H1961 a brother ^H251 to jackals ^H8565

And a companion ^H7453 of ostriches ^H1323 H3284.

“My skin ^H5785 turns ^H7835 black ^H7835 [fn]on me,

And my bones ^H6106 burn ^H2787 with [fn]fever ^H2721.

“Therefore my harp ^H3658 [fn]is turned ^H1961 to mourning ^H60,

And my flute ^H5748 to the sound ^H6963 of those who weep ^H1058.