Job Tells What It Is Like Now |
Job 30:1-31 Book of Job [in Smaller Chunks] |
But now, [those who] are younger than I, [ridicule] me, whose fathers I would have [looked down upon] to [even consider putting] them with my [sheep] dogs. [Yet, to what purpose] might the strength of their hands [benefit] me, [who] was [ruined by] old age? |
They were [bony, because of] famine & [lack of food;] fleeing into the wilderness in [a previous] time, desolate & [ruined;] [those] who cut the mallows by the bushes & juniper roots for their [food.] |
They were driven [out] from among men, ([who] cried [out] after them [like] after a thief) & [they lived] in the cliffs [above] the valleys, in caves of the earth & in the rocks. They brayed among the bushes & were [huddled] together under the [sticker bushes.] |
They were children of [those lacking good judgment, yes] children of [men of low morals.] They were [the most evil in] the earth. And now, I am their byword, [they sing about.] [Psalm 69:12 [Those who] sit in the gate speak against me & I was the song of drunkards.] |
They [detest] me & they flee far from me & spit in my face. Because [God] has [let loose] my cord [tethered to Him] & afflicted me, they have also let loose [their restraint, like a] bridle, before me. |
The youth rise [up on] my right [side] & push away my feet. They [rise] up against me [with their destructive] ways. They [interfere with] my path & [although] they have no [helpers,] they [continue to] move my calamity forward. |
They came upon me [like a tidal wave, as] they rolled themselves [over] me. Terrors [overflow] me & they pursue my [life like the passing] wind & my [health] passes away [like] a cloud [disappears.] |
The days of affliction have taken hold of me & now my [life] is poured out [of] me. In the night, my bones [pierce] me & my [aching] [muscles have] no rest. The great [strength] of my disease [has] changed [like I change] my garment & [choke] me [around my neck like] the collar of my coat. |
He has [thrown] me in the [mud] & I [have] become like dust & ashes. [Job 42:6 Therefore, I [loathe] myself & repent in dust & ashes.] I cry unto You & [Lord,] You don't hear me. I stand up [to You] & You [don't] [respect] me. |
You [have] become cruel in opposition against me, with Your strong hand. You lift me up to the wind & [make] me ride upon it & my [possessions disappear.] For I know that You will bring me to death, to the place appointed for all [the] living. |
[However,] He won't stretch His hand out to the grave, [although] they cry [about] His destruction. Didn't I [cry out] for him [who] was in trouble? Wasn't my soul grieved for the poor? |
When I looked for good, then evil came to me. And when I waited for Light, [only] darkness came there. [Jeremiah 8:15 We looked for peace & a time for health, but no good came & [only saw] trouble.] |
My [stomach churned] & didn't rest. The days of affliction prevented me [from having rest.] I went without the [Light] of the sun & [continued] mourning. [1 John 1:7 If we walk in the Light, [like] He is in the LIght, we have fellowship with one another & the blood of Jesus Christ, His Son, cleanses us from all sin.] |
And I cried [out] in the congregation. I am the brother to [jackals] & owls. [Psalm 44:19 [Although] You have [sorely] broken us in the place of [jackals] & [have] covered us with the shadow of death.] My skin [grows] black upon me & my bones are burned with heat. |
[Lamentations 4:7-9 Her Nazarites were purer than snow & they were whiter than milk. [Their bodies] were more ruddy than rubies & their polishing was [from sapphires.] Their [appearance] is blacker than a coal & they aren't known in the streets. |
Their skin [clings] to their bones. [Their skin] is withered & it [has] become [bony] like a stick. [Those who are killed] with the sword are better than [those who die, because of] hunger. For these [long for] & [are struck down for lack] of the fruits of the field.] |
Also, my harp has [changed] to [music for] mourning & my [flute] into the [sound] of [those who weep.] |