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  30:1 ¶
But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, Whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock. |
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30:1 ¶
But nowº
[they that are] youngerºº
thanº
I have me in derision,ººº
whoseº
fathersº
I would have disdainedºº
to have setºº
withº
the dogsº
of my flock.º |
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30:2
Yea, the strength of their hands, whereto should it profit me? Men in whom ripe age is perished. |
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30:2
Yea,º
wheretoº
[might] the strengthº
of their handsº
[profit] me, in whomº
old ageº
was perished?ºº |
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30:3
They are gaunt with want and famine; They gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of wasteness and desolation. |
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30:3
For wantº
and famineº
[they were] solitary;º
fleeingºº
into the wildernessº
in former timeº
desolateº
and waste.º |
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30:4
They pluck salt-wort by the bushes; And the roots of the broom are their food. |
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30:4
Who cut upºº
mallowsº
byº
the bushes,º
and juniperº
rootsº
[for] their meat.º |
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30:5
They are driven forth from the midst [of men]; They cry after them as after a thief; |
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30:5
They were driven forthºº
fromº
amongº
[men], (they criedºº
afterº
them as [after] a thief;)º |
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30:6
So that they dwell in frightful valleys, In holes of the earth and of the rocks. |
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30:6
To dwellºº
in the cliftsº
of the valleys,º
[in] cavesº
of the earth,º
and [in] the rocks.º |
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30:7
Among the bushes they bray; Under the nettles they are gathered together. |
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30:7
Amongº
the bushesº
they brayed;ºº
underº
the nettlesº
they were gathered together.ºº |
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30:8
[They are] children of fools, yea, children of base men; They were scourged out of the land. |
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30:8
[They were] childrenº
of fools,º
yea,º
childrenº
of base men:ºº
they were vilerºº
thanº
the earth.º |
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30:9
And now I am become their song, Yea, I am a byword unto them. |
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30:9
And nowº
amº
I their song,º
yea, I amº
their byword.º |
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30:10
They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, And spare not to spit in my face. |
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30:10
They abhorºº
me, they flee farºº
fromº
me, and spareºº
notº
to spitº
in my face.ºº |
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30:11
For he hath loosed his cord, and afflicted me; And they have cast off the bridle before me. |
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30:11
Becauseº
he hath loosedºº
my cord,º
and afflictedºº
me, they have also let looseºº
the bridleº
beforeºº
me. |
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30:12
Upon my right hand rise the rabble; They thrust aside my feet, And they cast up against me their ways of destruction. |
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30:12
Uponº
[my] rightº
[hand] riseºº
the youth;º
they push awayºº
my feet,º
and they raise upºº
againstº
me the waysº
of their destruction.º |
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30:13
They mar my path, They set forward my calamity, [Even] men that have no helper. |
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30:13
They marºº
my path,º
they set forwardºº
my calamity,ººº
they have noº
helper.ºº |
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30:14
As through a wide breach they come: In the midst of the ruin they roll themselves [upon me]. |
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30:14
They cameºº
[upon me] as a wideº
breakingº
inº
[of waters]: inº
the desolationº
they rolledºº
themselvesº
[upon me]. |
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30:15
Terrors are turned upon me; They chase mine honor as the wind; And my welfare is passed away as a cloud. |
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30:15
Terrorsº
are turnedºº
uponº
me: they pursueºº
my soulº
as the wind:º
and my welfareº
passeth awayºº
as a cloud.º |
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30:16
And now my soul is poured out within me; Days of affliction have taken hold upon me. |
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30:16
And nowº
my soulº
is poured outºº
uponº
me; the daysº
of afflictionº
have taken holdºº
uponº
me. |
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30:17
In the night season my bones are pierced in me, And the [pains] that gnaw me take no rest. |
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30:17
My bonesº
are piercedºº
inºº
me in the night season:º
and my sinewsºº
take no rest.ººº |
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30:18
By [God's] great force is my garment disfigured; It bindeth me about as the collar of my coat. |
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30:18
By the greatº
forceº
[of my disease] is my garmentº
changed:ºº
it bindeth me aboutºº
as the collarº
of my coat.º |
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30:19
He hath cast me into the mire, And I am become like dust and ashes. |
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30:19
He hath castºº
me into the mire,º
and I am becomeº
likeºº
dustº
and ashes.º |
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30:20
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not answer me: I stand up, and thou gazest at me. |
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30:20
I cryºº
untoº
thee, and thou dost notº
hearºº
me: I stand up,ºº
and thou regardestºº
me [not]. |
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30:21
Thou art turned to be cruel to me; With the might of thy hand thou persecutest me. |
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30:21
Thou art becomeºº
cruelº
to me: with thy strongº
handº
thou opposestºº
thyself againstº
me. |
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30:22
Thou liftest me up to the wind, thou causest me to ride [upon it]; And thou dissolvest me in the storm. |
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30:22
Thou liftest me upºº
toº
the wind;º
thou causest me to rideºº
[upon it], and dissolvestºº
my substance.ºººº |
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30:23
For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, And to the house appointed for all living. |
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30:23
Forº
I knowºº
[that] thou wilt bringºº
me [to] death,º
and [to] the houseº
appointedº
for allº
living.º |
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30:24
Howbeit doth not one stretch out the hand in his fall? Or in his calamity therefore cry for help? |
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30:24
Howbeitº
he will notº
stretch outºº
[his] handº
to the grave,º
thoughº
they cryº
in his destruction.º |
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30:25
Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the needy? |
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30:25
Did notº
I weepºº
for him that was in trouble?ºº
was [not] my soulº
grievedºº
for the poor?º |
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30:26
When I looked for good, then evil came; And when I waited for light, there came darkness. |
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30:26
Whenº
I lookedºº
forº
good,º
then evilº
cameºº
[unto me]: and when I waitedºº
for light,º
there cameºº
darkness.º |
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30:27
My heart is troubled, and resteth not; Days of affliction are come upon me. |
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30:27
My bowelsº
boiled,ºº
and restedºº
not:º
the daysº
of afflictionº
preventedºº
me. |
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30:28
I go mourning without the sun: I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help. |
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30:28
I wentºº
mourningºº
withoutº
the sun:º
I stood up,ºº
[and] I criedºº
in the congregation.º |
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30:29
I am a brother to jackals, And a companion to ostriches. |
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30:29
I amº
a brotherº
to dragons,º
and a companionº
to owls.ºº |
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30:30
My skin is black, [and falleth] from me, And my bones are burned with heat. |
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30:30
My skinº
is blackºº
uponºº
me, and my bonesº
are burnedºº
withº
heat.º |
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30:31
Therefore is my harp [turned] to mourning, And my pipe into the voice of them that weep. |
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30:31
My harpº
also isº
[turned] to mourning,º
and my organº
into the voiceº
of them that weep.ºº |
