Verse
WEB
World English Bible
KJV
King James Version
"
But now those
who
are younger than I ,
have me in derision, Whose fathers I would have disdained to put
with my
sheep
dogs.
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
.
Of
what
use
is
the strength of their hands to
me, Men
in whom ripe
age has
perished?
Yea,
whereto
might
the strength of their hands profit
me, in whom old
age was
perished?
They
are
gaunt
from
lack
and famine .
They gnaw
the dry
ground,
in the
gloom
of
waste
and desolation
.
For
want
and famine they were
solitary;
fleeing
into
the wilderness
in former
time
desolate
and waste
.
They
pluck
salt
herbs
by the bushes .
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, And
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
; And
under the nettles they are
gathered together.
Among the bushes they brayed
; under the nettles they were
gathered together.
They are
children of fools, yes
, children of base men .
They were flogged
out
of
the land
.
They were
children of fools, yea
, children of base men :
they were viler
than
the earth
.
"
Now I have
become
their song .
Yes
, I am a
byword to
them
.
And
now am
I their song, yea,
I am their
byword.
They abhor me, they stand
aloof
from me, And don't
hesitate
to spit in my face.
They abhor me, they flee
far
from me, and spare
not
to spit in my face.
For
he has
untied
his
cord, and afflicted me ;
And
they have thrown
off
restraint
before me.
Because
he hath
loosed
my
cord, and afflicted me ,
they have also
let
loose
the
bridle
before me.
On
my right hand rise the rabble.
They thrust
aside
my feet, 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, Without
anyone's
help
.
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 in
.
They
came
upon
me
as a wide breaking
in of waters:
in
the desolation
they rolled
themselves upon
me
.
Terrors are turned on
me .
They chase
my honor
as the wind .
My welfare has
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.
"
Now my soul is poured out within
me .
Days of affliction have taken hold on
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 great force is my garment disfigured.
It binds
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 has
cast me into the mire .
I have
become like dust and ashes.
He hath
cast me into the mire ,
and
I am
become like dust and ashes.
I cry to
you
, and you
do
not answer
me .
I stand up, and you
gaze
at
me.
I cry unto
thee
, and thou
dost
not hear
me :
I stand up, and thou
regardest
me not
.
You
have
turned
to
be
cruel to me .
With the
might
of
your
hand you
persecute
me.
Thou
art
become
cruel to me :
with thy
strong
hand thou
opposest
thyself
against
me.
You
lift
me up to the wind ,
and
drive
me with
it .
You
dissolve
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 you
will
bring me to death, 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.
"However
doesn't
one
stretch out a
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.
Didn't
I weep for him who
was in trouble? Wasn't
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 ;
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 doesn't
rest.
Days of affliction have
come
on
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 grows
black and
peels
from
me .
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 those
who
weep.
My harp also
is
turned to mourning, and my organ
into the voice of them
that
weep.
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