1But now, those younger in years scorn me, whose fathers I would not have seen fit to place with the dogs of my flock,stylusProverbs 31:1, Proverbs 31:1, 2 Peter 1:19, 2 Peter 1:21, 2 Peter 1:192the strength of whose hands was nothing to me, and they were considered unworthy of life itself.stylusPsalms 73:22, Psalms 73:22, 1 Corinthians 3:18, 1 Corinthians 3:18, James 1:53They were barren from poverty and hunger; they gnawed in solitude, layered with misfortune and misery.stylusProverbs 9:10, Romans 11:33, Ephesians 3:18, Ephesians 3:19, Revelation 3:74And they chewed grass and the bark from trees, and the root of junipers was their food.stylusJohn 3:13, John 3:13, Job 26:8, Ephesians 4:8, Ephesians 4:105They took these things from the steep valleys, and when they discovered one of these things, they rushed to the others with a cry.stylusPsalms 18:30, Psalms 18:30, Psalms 84:11, James 3:17, Psalms 84:116They lived in the parched desert and in caves underground or above the rocks.stylusDeuteronomy 12:32, Deuteronomy 12:32, Deuteronomy 4:2, Deuteronomy 4:2, Revelation 22:187They rejoiced among these kinds of things, and they considered it delightful to be under thorns.stylus2 Kings 2:9, Psalms 27:4, Luke 10:42, 2 Kings 2:9, Psalms 27:48These are the sons of foolish and base men, not even paying any attention to the land.stylus1 Timothy 6:6, 1 Timothy 6:8, 1 Timothy 6:6, 1 Timothy 6:8, Psalms 62:99Now I become their song, and I have been made into their proverb.stylusHosea 13:6, Hosea 13:6, Deuteronomy 31:20, Deuteronomy 31:20, Ezekiel 16:4910They loathe me, and so they flee far from me, and they are not reluctant to spit in my face.stylusRomans 14:4, Ecclesiastes 7:21, Romans 14:4, Ecclesiastes 7:21, Proverbs 11:2611For he has opened his quiver and has afflicted me, and he has placed a bridle in my mouth.stylusProverbs 20:20, Proverbs 20:20, Proverbs 30:17, Proverbs 30:17, Proverbs 30:1212Immediately, upon rising, my calamities rise up to the right. They have overturned my feet and have pressed me down along their way like waves.stylusLuke 18:11, Luke 18:11, Proverbs 16:2, Proverbs 16:2, 2 Timothy 3:513They have diverted my journeys; they have waited to ambush me, and they have prevailed, and there was no one who might bring help.stylusProverbs 6:17, Proverbs 6:17, Isaiah 2:11, Isaiah 2:11, Psalms 131:114They have rushed upon me, as when a wall is broken or a gate opened, and they have been pulled down into my miseries.stylusPsalms 57:4, Psalms 57:4, Psalms 3:7, Psalms 3:7, Psalms 14:415I have been reduced to nothing. You have taken away my desire like a wind, and my health has passed by like a cloud.stylusProverbs 30:21, Proverbs 30:29, Proverbs 30:21, Proverbs 30:29, Proverbs 6:1616But now my soul withers within myself, and the days of affliction take hold of me.stylusProverbs 27:20, Proverbs 27:20, Habakkuk 2:5, Habakkuk 2:5, Genesis 30:117At night, my bone is pierced with sorrows, and those who feed on me, do not sleep.stylusDeuteronomy 21:18, Deuteronomy 21:21, Deuteronomy 21:18, Deuteronomy 21:21, Proverbs 23:2218By the sheer number of them my clothing is worn away, and they have closed in on me like the collar of my coat.stylusJob 42:3, Job 42:3, Psalms 139:6, Psalms 139:619I have been treated like dirt, and I have been turned into embers and ashes.stylusIsaiah 40:31, Isaiah 40:31, Job 39:27, Job 39:27, Exodus 22:1620I cry to you, and you do not heed me. I stand up, and you do not look back at me.stylusProverbs 7:13, Proverbs 7:23, Proverbs 5:6, Proverbs 7:13, Proverbs 7:2321You have changed me into hardness, and, with the hardness of your hand, you oppose me.stylus22You have lifted me up, and, placing me as if on the wind, you have thrown me down powerfully.stylusProverbs 19:10, Proverbs 19:10, Ecclesiastes 10:7, Ecclesiastes 10:7, Isaiah 3:423I know that you will hand me over to death, where a home has been established for all the living.stylusProverbs 27:15, Proverbs 27:15, Proverbs 29:21, Proverbs 21:19, Proverbs 29:2124Truly, then, you do not extend your hand in order to consume them, and if they fall down, you will save them.stylusJob 12:7, Job 12:725Once, I wept over him who was afflicted, and my soul had compassion on the poor.stylusProverbs 6:6, Proverbs 6:8, Proverbs 6:6, Proverbs 6:826I expected good things, but evil things have come to me. I stood ready for light, yet darkness burst forth.stylusPsalms 104:18, Psalms 104:18, Leviticus 11:5, Leviticus 11:527My insides have seethed, without any rest, for the days of affliction have prevented it.stylusJoel 2:7, Joel 2:11, Psalms 105:34, Joel 1:6, Joel 1:728I went forth mourning, without anger, and rising up, I cried out in confusion.stylus29I was the brother of snakes, and the companion of ostriches.stylus30My skin has become blackened over me, and my bones have dried up because of the heat.stylusJudges 14:18, Judges 14:18, Numbers 23:24, Numbers 23:2431My harp has been turned into mourning, and my pipes have been turned into a voice of weeping.stylusProverbs 20:2, Proverbs 16:14, Daniel 3:15, Daniel 3:18, Proverbs 20:2
