1 But now they that are younger{H6810}{H3117} than I have me in derision{H7832}{(H8804)}, whose fathers{H1} I would have disdained{H3988}{(H8804)} to have set{H7896}{(H8800)} with the dogs{H3611} of my flock{H6629}.

2 Yea, whereto{H4100} might the strength{H3581} of their hands{H3027} profit me, in whom old age{H3624} was perished{H6}{(H8804)}?

3 For want{H2639} and famine{H3720} they were solitary{H1565}; fleeing{H6207}{(H8802)} into the wilderness{H6723} in former time{H570} desolate{H7722} and waste{H4875}.

4 Who cut up{H6998}{(H8801)} mallows{H4408} by the bushes{H7880}, and juniper{H7574} roots{H8328} for their meat{H3899}.

5 They were driven forth{H1644}{(H8792)} from among{H1460} men,(they cried{H7321}{(H8686)} after them as after a thief{H1590};)

6 To dwell{H7931}{(H8800)} in the clifts{H6178} of the valleys{H5158}, in caves{H2356} of the earth{H6083}, and in the rocks{H3710}.

7 Among the bushes{H7880} they brayed{H5101}{(H8799)}; under the nettles{H2738} they were gathered together{H5596}{(H8792)}.

8 They were children{H1121} of fools{H5036}, yea, children{H1121} of base men{H8034}: they were viler{H5217}{(H8738)} than the earth{H776}.

9 And now am I their song{H5058}, yea, I am their byword{H4405}.

10 They abhor{H8581}{(H8765)} me, they flee far{H7368}{(H8804)} from me, and spare{H2820}{(H8804)} not to spit{H7536} in my face{H6440}.

11 Because he hath loosed{H6605}{(H8765)} my cord{H3499}, and afflicted{H6031}{(H8762)} me, they have also let loose{H7971}{(H8765)} the bridle{H7448} before{H6440} me.

12 Upon my right{H3225} hand rise{H6965}{(H8799)} the youth{H6526}; they push away{H7971}{(H8765)} my feet{H7272}, and they raise up{H5549}{(H8799)} against me the ways{H734} of their destruction{H343}.

13 They mar{H5420}{(H8804)} my path{H5410}, they set forward{H3276}{(H8686)} my calamity{H1942}{(H8675)}{H1962}, they have no helper{H5826}{(H8802)}.

14 They came{H857}{(H8799)} upon me as a wide{H7342} breaking{H6556} in of waters: in{H8478} the desolation{H7722} they rolled{H1556}{(H8701)} themselves upon me.

15 Terrors{H1091} are turned{H2015}{(H8717)} upon me: they pursue{H7291}{(H8799)} my soul{H5082} as the wind{H7307}: and my welfare{H3444} passeth away{H5674}{(H8804)} as a cloud{H5645}.

16 And now my soul{H5315} is poured out{H8210}{(H8691)} upon me; the days{H3117} of affliction{H6040} have taken hold{H270}{(H8799)} upon me.

17 My bones{H6106} are pierced{H5365}{(H8765)} in me in the night season{H3915}: and my sinews{H6207}{(H8802)} take no rest{H7901}{(H8799)}.

18 By the great{H7230} force{H3581} of my disease is my garment{H3830} changed{H2664}{(H8691)}: it bindeth me about{H247}{(H8799)} as the collar{H6310} of my coat{H3801}.

19 He hath cast{H3384}{(H8689)} me into the mire{H2563}, and I am become like{H4911}{(H8691)} dust{H6083} and ashes{H665}.

20 I cry{H7768}{(H8762)} unto thee, and thou dost not hear{H6030}{(H8799)} me: I stand up{H5975}{(H8804)}, and thou regardest{H995}{(H8709)} me not.

21 Thou art become{H2015}{(H8735)} cruel{H393} to me: with thy strong{H6108} hand{H3027} thou opposest{H7852}{(H8799)} thyself against me.

22 Thou liftest me up{H5375}{(H8799)} to the wind{H7307}; thou causest me to ride{H7392}{(H8686)} upon it, and dissolvest{H4127}{(H8787)} my substance{H8454}{(H8675)}{H7738}{(H8762)}.

23 For I know{H3045}{(H8804)} that thou wilt bring{H7725}{(H8686)} me to death{H4194}, and to the house{H1004} appointed{H4150} for all living{H2416}.

24 Howbeit he will not stretch out{H7971}{(H8799)} his hand{H3027} to the grave{H1164}, though they cry{H7769} in his destruction{H6365}.

25 Did not I weep{H1058}{(H8804)} for him that was in trouble{H7186}{H3117}? was not my soul{H5315} grieved{H5701}{(H8804)} for the poor{H34}?

26 When I looked{H6960}{(H8765)} for good{H2896}, then evil{H7451} came{H935}{(H8799)} unto me: and when I waited{H3176}{(H8762)} for light{H216}, there came{H935}{(H8799)} darkness{H652}.

27 My bowels{H4578} boiled{H7570}{(H8795)}, and rested{H1826}{(H8804)} not: the days{H3117} of affliction{H6040} prevented{H6923}{(H8765)} me.

28 I went{H1980}{(H8765)} mourning{H6937}{(H8802)} without the sun{H2535}: I stood up{H6965}{(H8804)}, and I cried{H7768}{(H8762)} in the congregation{H6951}.

29 I am a brother{H251} to dragons{H8577}, and a companion{H7453} to owls{H1323}{H3284}.

30 My skin{H5785} is black{H7835}{(H8804)} upon me, and my bones{H6106} are burned{H2787}{(H8804)} with heat{H2721}.

31 My harp{H3658} also is turned to mourning{H60}, and my organ{H5748} into the voice{H6963} of them that weep{H1058}{(H8802)}.