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They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face. {and...: Heb. and withhold not spittle from}

My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.

My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.

For I know {that} thou wilt bring me {to} death, and {to} the house appointed for all living.

But now {they that are} younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock. {younger...: Heb. of fewer days than I}

I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, {and} I cried in the congregation.

Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me. {become...: Heb. turned to be cruel} {thy...: Heb. the strength of thy hand}

I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. {owls: or, ostriches}

Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.

He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.

My harp also is {turned} to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.

Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots {for} their meat.

{They were} children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth. {base...: Heb. men of no name}

Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride {upon it}, and dissolvest my substance. {substance: or, wisdom}

For want and famine {they were} solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste. {solitary: or, dark as the night} {in...: Heb. yesternight}

Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was {not} my soul grieved for the poor? {in trouble: Heb. hard of day?}

Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud. {my soul: Heb. my principal one}

And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

Howbeit he will not stretch out {his} hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction. {grave: Heb. heap}

By the great force {of my disease} is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.

And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.

They came {upon me} as a wide breaking in {of waters}: in the desolation they rolled themselves {upon me}.

To dwell in the clifts of the valleys, {in} caves of the earth, and {in} the rocks. {caves: Heb. holes}

Upon {my} right {hand} rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.

Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.

Yea, whereto {might} the strength of their hands {profit} me, in whom old age was perished?

My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.

When I looked for good, then evil came {unto me}: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.

They were driven forth from among {men}, (they cried after them as {after} a thief;)

I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me {not}.