nkjv Job:30:8-31 SEEK
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They were sons of fools ,
Yes ,
sons of vile men ;
They were scourged from the land .
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And now I am their taunting song ;
Yes ,
I am their byword .
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They abhor me ,
they keep far from me ;
They do not hesitate to spit in my face .
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Because He has loosed my bowstring and afflicted me ,
They have cast off restraint before me .
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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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They break up my path ,
They promote my calamity ;
They have no helper .
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They come as broad breakers ;
Under the ruinous storm they roll along .
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Terrors are turned upon me ;
They pursue my honor as the wind ,
And my prosperity has passed like a cloud .
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And now my soul is poured out because of my plight ;
The days of affliction take hold of me .
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My bones are pierced in me at night ,
And my gnawing pains take no rest .
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By great force my garment is disfigured ;
It binds me about as the collar of my coat .
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He has cast me into the mire ,
And I have become like dust and ashes .
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I cry out to You ,
but You do not answer me ;
I stand up ,
and You regard me .
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But You have become cruel to me ;
With the strength of Your hand You oppose me .
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You lift me up to the wind and cause me to ride on it ;
You spoil my success .
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For I know that You will bring me to death ,
And to the house appointed for all living .
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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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Have I not wept for him who was in trouble ?
Has not my soul grieved for the poor ?
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But when I looked for good ,
evil came to me ;
And when I waited for light ,
then came darkness .
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My heart is in turmoil and cannot rest ;
Days of affliction confront me .
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I go about mourning ,
but not in the sun ;
I stand up in the assembly and cry out for help .
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I am a brother of jackals ,
And a companion of ostriches .
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My skin grows black and falls from me ;
My bones burn with fever .
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My harp is turned to mourning ,
And my flute to the voice of those who weep .