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American Standard Version
KJV
King James Version
But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, Whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.
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.
Yea, the strength of their hands ,
whereto
should
it
profit me ?
Men
in whom ripe
age is
perished .
Yea, whereto
might
the strength of their hands profit me ,
in whom old
age was
perished ?
They
are
gaunt
with
want and famine ;
They gnaw
the dry
ground,
in the
gloom
of
wasteness
and desolation
.
For
want and famine they were
solitary;
fleeing
into
the wilderness
in former
time
desolate
and waste
.
They
pluck
salt-wort
by the bushes ;
And the
roots of
the
broom
are
their food
.
Who
cut
up
mallows
by the bushes ,
and juniper
roots for
their meat
.
They are
driven forth from the
midst
`of
men ';
They cry
after them as after a thief;
They were
driven forth from among
men ,
(
they cried
after them as after a thief; )
So
that
they
dwell in frightful
valleys, In holes
of the earth and of
the rocks.
To
dwell in the
cliffs
of
the
valleys, in caves
of the earth ,
and in
the rocks.
Among the bushes they bray
; Under the nettles they are
gathered together.
Among the bushes they brayed
; under the nettles they were
gathered together.
`
They are'
children of fools, yea, children of base men ;
They were scourged
out
of
the land
.
They were
children of fools, yea, children of base men :
they were viler
than
the earth
.
And now I
am become
their song, Yea, I am a
byword unto
them
.
And now am I
their song, yea, I am their
byword.
They abhor me, they stand
aloof
from me, And spare not to spit in my face.
They abhor me, they flee
far
from me, and spare not to spit in my face.
For
he hath loosed his
cord, and afflicted me ;
And
they have cast
off
the bridle before me.
Because
he hath loosed my
cord, and afflicted me ,
they have also
let
loose
the bridle before me.
Upon my right hand rise the rabble
; They thrust
aside
my feet, And they cast
up against me their
ways of destruction.
Upon my right hand rise the youth
; they push
away
my feet, and they raise
up against me the
ways of their
destruction.
They mar my path, They set forward my calamity, `Even'
men
that
have no helper.
They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they
have no helper.
As through
a wide breach
they
come:
In the
midst
of the ruin
they roll
themselves `
upon me '
.
They
came
upon
me
as a wide breaking
in of waters:
in
the desolation
they rolled
themselves upon me.
Terrors are turned upon me ;
They chase
mine
honor
as the wind ;
And my welfare is
passed
away as a cloud.
Terrors are turned upon me :
they pursue
my
soul
as the wind :
and my welfare passeth
away as a cloud.
And now my soul is poured out within
me; Days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
And now my soul is poured out upon
me; the
days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
In
the
night
season
my bones are pierced in me ,
And
the `pains'
that
gnaw
me
take no rest.
My bones are pierced in me in
the night
season:
and
my
sinews
take no rest.
By `God's'
great force is my garment disfigured;
It bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
By the
great force of
my
disease
is my garment changed:
it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
He hath cast me into the mire, And I am become like dust and ashes.
He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not answer
me: I stand up, and thou gazest
at
me.
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear
me: I stand up, and thou regardest
me not
.
Thou art turned
to
be
cruel to me ;
With the
might
of
thy hand thou persecutest
me.
Thou art become
cruel to me :
with thy strong
hand thou opposest
thyself
against
me.
Thou liftest me up to the wind ,
thou causest me to ride `
upon it ';
And thou
dissolvest me
in
the
storm
.
Thou liftest me up to the wind ;
thou causest me to ride upon it ,
and dissolvest my
substance
.
For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, And to the house appointed for all living.
For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
Howbeit doth
not one
stretch out the
hand
in
his fall?
Or
in his calamity
therefore
cry
for
help?
Howbeit he
will
not stretch out his hand
to
the
grave,
though
they
cry
in his destruction.
Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the needy
?
Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor
?
When I looked for good, then evil came ;
And when I waited for light, there came darkness.
When I looked for good, then evil came unto
me:
and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
My heart
is
troubled
, and resteth
not ;
Days of affliction are
come
upon
me.
My bowels
boiled
, and rested
not :
the
days of affliction prevented
me.
I go
mourning without the sun: I stand
up in
the
assembly
, and cry
for
help
.
I went
mourning without the sun: I stood
up, and I
cried
in
the
congregation
.
I am a brother to jackals
, And a companion to ostriches
.
I am a brother to dragons
, and a companion to owls
.
My skin is black ,
`and
falleth'
from
me, And my bones are burned with heat.
My skin is black upon
me, and my bones are burned with heat.
Therefore
is
my harp `
turned '
to mourning, And my pipe
into the voice of them that weep.
My harp also
is
turned to mourning, and my organ
into the voice of them that weep.
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