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-Job's Wealth Now Poverty
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 # Chapter 30
-1. "But now they mock at me, men younger than I,
+1 “But now they mock at me, men younger than I,
 Whose fathers I disdained to put with the dogs of my flock.
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-2. Indeed, what profit is the strength of their hands to me?
+2 Indeed, what profit is the strength of their hands to me?
 Their vigor has perished.
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-3. They are gaunt from want and famine,
+3 They are gaunt from want and famine,
 Fleeing late to the wilderness, desolate and waste,
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-4. Who pluck mallow by the bushes,
+4 Who pluck mallow by the bushes,
 And broom tree roots for their food.
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-5. They were driven out from among men,
+5 They were driven out from among men,
 They shouted at them as at a thief.
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-6. They had to live in the clefts of the valleys,
+6 They had to live in the clefts of the valleys,
 In caves of the earth and the rocks.
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-7. Among the bushes they brayed,
+7 Among the bushes they brayed,
 Under the nettles they nestled.
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-8. They were sons of fools,
+8 They were sons of fools,
 Yes, sons of vile men;
 They were scourged from the land.
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-9. "And now I am their taunting song;
+9 “And now I am their taunting song;
 Yes, I am their byword.
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-10. They abhor me, they keep far from me;
+10 They abhor me, they keep far from me;
 They do not hesitate to spit in my face.
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-11. Because He has loosed my bowstring and afflicted me,
+11 Because He has loosed my bowstring and afflicted me,
 They have cast off restraint before me.
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-12. At my right hand the rabble arises;
+12 At my right hand the rabble arises;
 They push away my feet,
 And they raise against me their ways of destruction.
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-13. They break up my path,
+13 They break up my path,
 They promote my calamity;
 They have no helper.
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-14. They come as broad breakers;
+14 They come as broad breakers;
 Under the ruinous storm they roll along.
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-15. Terrors are turned upon me;
+15 Terrors are turned upon me;
 They pursue my honor as the wind,
 And my prosperity has passed like a cloud.
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-16. "And now my soul is poured out because of my plight;
+16 “And now my soul is poured out because of my plight;
 The days of affliction take hold of me.
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-17. My bones are pierced in me at night,
+17 My bones are pierced in me at night,
 And my gnawing pains take no rest.
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-18. By great force my garment is disfigured;
+18 By great force my garment is disfigured;
 It binds me about as the collar of my coat.
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-19. He has cast me into the mire,
+19 He has cast me into the mire,
 And I have become like dust and ashes.
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-20. "I cry out to You, but You do not answer me;
+20 “I cry out to You, but You do not answer me;
 I stand up, and You regard me.
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-21. But You have become cruel to me;
+21 But You have become cruel to me;
 With the strength of Your hand You oppose me.
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-22. You lift me up to the wind and cause me to ride on it;
+22 You lift me up to the wind and cause me to ride on it;
 You spoil my success.
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-23. For I know that You will bring me to death,
+23 For I know that You will bring me to death,
 And to the house appointed for all living.
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-24. "Surely He would not stretch out His hand against a heap of ruins,
+24 “Surely He would not stretch out His hand against a heap of ruins,
 If they cry out when He destroys it.
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-25. Have I not wept for him who was in trouble?
+25 Have I not wept for him who was in trouble?
 Has not my soul grieved for the poor?
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-26. But when I looked for good, evil came to me;
+26 But when I looked for good, evil came to me;
 And when I waited for light, then came darkness.
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-27. My heart is in turmoil and cannot rest;
+27 My heart is in turmoil and cannot rest;
 Days of affliction confront me.
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-28. I go about mourning, but not in the sun;
+28 I go about mourning, but not in the sun;
 I stand up in the assembly and cry out for help.
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-29. I am a brother of jackals,
+29 I am a brother of jackals,
 And a companion of ostriches.
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-30. My skin grows black and falls from me;
+30 My skin grows black and falls from me;
 My bones burn with fever.
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-31. My harp is turned to mourning,
-And my flute to the voice of those who weep.
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+31 My harp is turned to mourning,
+And my flute to the voice of those who weep.