1 And now I am the laughing-stock of people who are younger than I am and whose parents I would have disdained to put with the dogs guarding my flock.
2 And what use to me was the strength of their hands? - enfeebled as they were,
3 worn out by want and hunger, for they used to gnaw the roots of the thirsty ground -- that place of gloom, ruin and desolation-
4 they used to pick saltwort among the scrub, making their meals off roots of broom.
5 Outlawed from human company, which raised hue and cry against them, as against thieves,
6 they made their homes in the sides of ravines, in holes in the earth or in clefts of rock.
7 You could hear them braying from the bushes as they huddled together in the thistles.
8 Children of scoundrels, worse, nameless people, the very outcasts of society!
9 And these are the ones who now make up songs about me and use me as a byword!
10 Filled with disgust, they keep their distance, on seeing me, they spit without restraint.
11 And since God has loosened my bow-string and afflicted me, they too throw off the bridle in my presence.
12 Their brats surge forward on my right, to see when I am having a little peace, and advance on me with threatening strides.
13 They cut off all means of escape seizing the chance to destroy me, and no one stops them.
14 They move in, as if through a wide breach, and I go tumbling beneath the rubble.
15 Terror rounds on me, my confidence is dispersed as though by the wind, my hope of safety vanishes like a cloud.
16 And now the life in me trickles away, days of grief have gripped me.
17 At night-time sickness saps my bones I am gnawed by wounds that never sleep.
18 Violently, he has caught me by my clothes, has gripped me by the collar of my coat.
19 He has thrown me into the mud; I am no more than dust and ashes.
20 I cry to you, and you give me no answer; I stand before you, but you take no notice.
21 You have grown cruel to me, and your strong hand torments me unmercifully.
22 You carry me away astride the wind and blow me to pieces in a tempest.
23 Yes, I know that you are taking me towards death, to the common meeting-place of all the living.
24 Yet have I ever laid a hand on the poor when they cried out for justice in calamity?
25 Have I not wept for those whose life is hard, felt pity for the penniless?
26 I hoped for happiness, but sorrow came; I looked for light, but there was darkness.
27 My stomach seethes, is never still, days of suffering have struck me.
28 Sombre I go, yet no one comforts me, and if I rise in the council, I rise to weep.
29 I have become brother to the jackal and companion to the ostrich.
30 My skin has turned black on me, my bones are burnt with fever.
31 My harp is tuned to dirges, my pipe to the voice of mourners.
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Job 30 is a chapter in which Job describes his anguish and suffering after losing everything he had. He compares his current situation with his previous life when he was respected and successful. To provide five verses related to the topics covered in Job 30, Job's verses will be excluded from the results.
Psalm 34:17-18: "The righteous cry out, the Lord hears them and delivers them from all their tribulations. The Lord is close to those who have a broken heart and saves those with a slaughtered spirit." This verse of the psalms highlights God's proximity to those who are suffering and their willingness to save them.
Psalm 42:11: "Why are you so sad, O my soul? Why are you so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God! For I will still praise Him; He is my Savior and my God. " This verse of the psalms emphasizes the importance of placing hope in God in the midst of suffering and discouragement.
2 Corinthians 4:8-9: "From all sides we are pressured, but not discouraged; we are perplexed, but not desperate; we are persecuted but not abandoned; slaughtered but not destroyed." This verse of 2 Corinthians highlights the ability to persevere in the midst of difficulties and challenges.
1 Peter 5:10: "And the God of all grace, who has called them to his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, after suffering for a short time, shall restore them, confirm them, give them strength, and will be firmly for them. foundations. " This verse of 1 Peter promises that God will restore and strengthen those who suffer for a short time.
Romans 8:18: "I consider that our current sufferings cannot be compared to the glory that will be revealed in us." This verse of Romans highlights the eternal perspective and the hope that current sufferings are temporary compared to future glory.
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