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Job 30:16-31

Job 30:16-31 CSB

Now my life is poured out before me, and days of suffering  have seized me. Night pierces my bones, but my gnawing pains never rest.  My clothing is distorted with great force; he chokes me by the neck of my garment.  He throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes.  I cry out to you for help, but you do not answer me;  when I stand up, you merely look at me. You have turned against me with cruelty; you harass  me with your strong hand. You lift me up on the wind and make me ride it; you scatter me in the storm.  Yes, I know that you will lead me to death — the place  appointed for all who live. Yet no one would stretch out his hand against a ruined person  when he cries out to him for help because of his distress.  Have I not wept for those who have fallen on hard times? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?  But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness   came. I am churning within  and cannot rest; days of suffering confront me. I walk about blackened, but not by the sun.  I stood in the assembly and cried out for help. I have become a brother to jackals and a companion of ostriches. My skin blackens and flakes off,  and my bones burn with fever.  My lyre is used for mourning and my flute for the sound of weeping. 

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