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Job 30:15-31

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15“Sudden terrors are turned upon me;

They chase away my dignity like the wind,

And my prosperity has passed away like a cloud.

16“And now my soul is poured out within me;

Days of misery have seized me.

17“At night it pierces my bones within me,

And my gnawing pains do not rest.

18“By a great force my garment is distorted;

It ties me up like the collar of my coat.

19“He has thrown me into the mire,

And I have become like dust and ashes.

20“I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer me;

I stand up, and You turn Your attention against me.

21“You have become cruel to me;

With the strength of Your hand You persecute me.

22“You lift me up to the wind and make me ride it;

And You dissolve me in a storm.

23“For I know that You will bring me to death,

And to the house of meeting for all living.

24“Yet does one in a heap of ruins not reach out with his hand,

Or in his disaster does he not cry out for help?

25“Have I not wept for the one whose life is hard?

Was my soul not grieved for the needy?

26“When I expected good, evil came;

When I waited for light, darkness came.

27“I am seething within and cannot rest;

Days of misery confront me.

28“I go about mourning without comfort;

I stand up in the assembly and cry out for help.

29“I have become a brother to jackals,

And a companion of ostriches.

30“My skin turns black on me,

And my bones burn with fever.

31“Therefore my harp is turned to mourning,

And my flute to the sound of those who weep.