30:1 "But now they make sport of me, men who are younger than I, whose fathers I would have disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.
30:1 "But now they make sport of me, those who are younger than I, whose fathers I would have disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.

30:2 What could I gain from the strength of their hands, men whose vigor is gone?
30:2 What could I gain from the strength of their hands? All their vigor is gone.

30:3 Through want and hard hunger they gnaw the dry and desolate ground;
30:3 Through want and hard hunger they gnaw the dry and desolate ground,

30:4 they pick mallow and the leaves of bushes, and to warm themselves the roots of the broom.
30:4 they pick mallow and the leaves of bushes, and to warm themselves the roots of broom.

30:5 They are driven out from among men; they shout after them as after a thief.
30:5 They are driven out from society; people shout after them as after a thief.

30:6 In the gullies of the torrents they must dwell, in holes of the earth and of the rocks.
30:6 In the gullies of wadis they must live, in holes in the ground, and in the rocks.

30:7 Among the bushes they bray; under the nettles they huddle together.
30:7 Among the bushes they bray; under the nettles they huddle together.

30:8 A senseless, a disreputable brood, they have been whipped out of the land.
30:8 A senseless, disreputable brood, they have been whipped out of the land.

30:9 "And now I have become their song, I am a byword to them.
30:9 "And now they mock me in song; I am a byword to them.

30:10 They abhor me, they keep aloof from me; they do not hesitate to spit at the sight of me.
30:10 They abhor me, they keep aloof from me; they do not hesitate to spit at the sight of me.

30:11 Because God has loosed my cord and humbled me, they have cast off restraint in my presence.
30:11 Because God has loosed my bowstring and humbled me, they have cast off restraint in my presence.

30:12 On my right hand the rabble rise, they drive me forth, they cast up against me their ways of destruction.
30:12 On my right hand the rabble rise up; they send me sprawling, and build roads for my ruin.

30:13 They break up my path, they promote my calamity; no one restrains them.
30:13 They break up my path, they promote my calamity; no one restrains them.

30:14 As through a wide breach they come; amid the crash they roll on.
30:14 As through a wide breach they come; amid the crash they roll on.

30:15 Terrors are turned upon me; my honor is pursued as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed away like a cloud.
30:15 Terrors are turned upon me; my honor is pursued as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed away like a cloud.

30:16 "And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction have taken hold of me.
30:16 "And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction have taken hold of me.

30:17 The night racks my bones, and the pain that gnaws me takes no rest.
30:17 The night racks my bones, and the pain that gnaws me takes no rest.

30:18 With violence it seizes my garment; it binds me about like the collar of my tunic.
30:18 With violence he seizes my garment; he grasps me by the collar of my tunic.

30:19 God has cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes.
30:19 He has cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes.

30:20 I cry to thee and thou dost not answer me; I stand, and thou dost not heed me.
30:20 I cry to you and you do not answer me; I stand, and you merely look at me.

30:21 Thou hast turned cruel to me; with the might of thy hand thou dost persecute me.
30:21 You have turned cruel to me; with the might of your hand you persecute me.

30:22 Thou liftest me up on the wind, thou makest me ride on it, and thou tossest me about in the roar of the storm.
30:22 You lift me up on the wind, you make me ride on it, and you toss me about in the roar of the storm.

30:23 Yea, I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
30:23 I know that you will bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.

30:24 "Yet does not one in a heap of ruins stretch out his hand, and in his disaster cry for help?
30:24 "Surely one does not turn against the needy, when in disaster they cry for help.

30:25 Did not I weep for him whose day was hard? Was not my soul grieved for the poor?
30:25 Did I not weep for those whose day was hard? Was not my soul grieved for the poor?

30:26 But when I looked for good, evil came; and when I waited for light, darkness came.
30:26 But when I looked for good, evil came; and when I waited for light, darkness came.

30:27 My heart is in turmoil, and is never still; days of affliction come to meet me.
30:27 My inward parts are in turmoil, and are never still; days of affliction come to meet me.

30:28 I go about blackened, but not by the sun; I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.
30:28 I go about in sunless gloom; I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.

30:29 I am a brother of jackals, and a companion of ostriches.
30:29 I am a brother of jackals, and a companion of ostriches.

30:30 My skin turns black and falls from me, and my bones burn with heat.
30:30 My skin turns black and falls from me, and my bones burn with heat.

30:31 My lyre is turned to mourning, and my pipe to the voice of those who weep.
30:31 My lyre is turned to mourning, and my pipe to the voice of those who weep.