1But now they that are younger than I hold me in derision, Whose fathers I would have disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.

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Job 12:4, Job 12:4, Luke 23:35, Psalms 69:12, Psalms 35:15

2Of what use to me would be even the strength of their hands, To whom old age is lost?

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3By want and hunger they are famished; They gnaw the dry desert, The darkness of desolate wastes.

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Job 24:5, Job 24:5, Hebrews 11:38, Job 24:13, Job 24:16

4They gather purslain among the bushes, And the root of the broom is their bread.

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Luke 15:16, Luke 15:16, Amos 7:14, 2 Kings 4:38, 2 Kings 4:39

5They are driven from the society of men; There is a cry after them as after a thief.

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Daniel 4:25, Daniel 4:25, Psalms 109:10, Genesis 4:12, Genesis 4:14

6They dwell in gloomy valleys, In caves of the earth and in rocks.

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Judges 6:2, 1 Samuel 22:1, 1 Samuel 22:2, Judges 6:2, 1 Samuel 22:1

7They bray among the bushes; Under the brambles are they stretched out.

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Job 6:5, Job 11:12, Genesis 16:12, Job 6:5, Job 11:12

8An impious and low-born race, They are beaten out of the land.

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Proverbs 16:22, Proverbs 16:22, Proverbs 1:22, Jeremiah 7:18, Proverbs 1:7

9And now I am become their song; Yea, I am their by-word!

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Job 17:6, Lamentations 3:63, Job 17:6, Lamentations 3:63, Lamentations 3:14

10They abhor me, they stand aloof from me; They forbear not to spit before my face.

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Isaiah 50:6, Matthew 26:67, Isaiah 50:6, Matthew 26:67, Psalms 88:8

11Yea, they let loose the reins, and humble me; They cast off the bridle before me.

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Job 12:21, Job 12:18, Job 12:21, Job 12:18, James 1:26

12On my right hand riseth up the brood; They thrust away my feet; They cast up against me their destructive ways.

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Job 19:12, Job 19:12, Job 19:18, Psalms 140:4, Psalms 140:5

13They break up my path; They hasten my fall,—They who have no helper!

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Zechariah 1:15, Psalms 69:26, Isaiah 3:12, Zechariah 1:15, Psalms 69:26

14They come upon me as through a wide breach; Through the ruins they rush in upon me.

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Job 22:16, Psalms 18:4, Isaiah 8:7, Isaiah 8:8, Psalms 69:14

15Terrors are turned against me; They pursue my prosperity like the wind, And my welfare passeth away like a cloud.

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Hosea 13:3, Hosea 13:3, Job 6:4, Isaiah 44:22, Job 6:4

16And now my soul poureth itself out upon me; Days of affliction have taken hold of me.

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Psalms 22:14, Psalms 42:4, Psalms 22:14, Psalms 42:4, Isaiah 53:12

17By night my bones are pierced; they are torn from me, And my gnawers take no rest.

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Psalms 6:2, Psalms 6:6, Job 33:19, Job 33:21, Isaiah 38:13

18Through the violence of my disease is my garment changed; It bindeth me about like the collar of my tunic.

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Job 2:7, Job 2:7, Job 7:5, Isaiah 1:5, Isaiah 1:6

19He hath cast me into the mire, And I am become like dust and ashes.

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Job 42:6, Genesis 18:27, Job 9:31, Job 42:6, Genesis 18:27

20I call upon Thee, but thou dost not hear me; I stand up before thee, but thou regardest me not.

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Job 19:7, Job 19:7, Job 27:9, Lamentations 3:8, Psalms 80:4

21Thou art become cruel to me; With thy strong hand dost thou lie in wait for me.

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Job 10:14, Job 10:17, Job 10:14, Job 10:17, Job 16:9

22Thou liftest me up, and causest me to ride upon the wind; Thou meltest me away in the storm.

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Job 27:21, Job 27:21, Psalms 104:3, Job 9:17, Psalms 18:10

23I know that thou wilt bring me to death, To the place of assembly for all the living.

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Ecclesiastes 12:5, Ecclesiastes 12:7, Ecclesiastes 12:5, Ecclesiastes 12:7, Ecclesiastes 9:5

24When He stretcheth out his hand, prayer availeth nothing; When He bringeth destruction, vain is the cry for help.

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Matthew 27:39, Matthew 27:44, Job 19:7, Psalms 35:25, Judges 5:31

25Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the poor?

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Romans 12:15, Romans 12:15, Psalms 35:13, Psalms 35:14, Psalms 35:13

26But when I looked for good, then evil came; When I looked for light, then came darkness.

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Jeremiah 8:15, Jeremiah 8:15, Jeremiah 14:19, Jeremiah 14:19, Job 3:25

27My bowels boil, and have no rest; Days of anguish have come upon me.

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Lamentations 2:11, Lamentations 2:11, Psalms 22:4, Lamentations 1:20, Jeremiah 31:20

28I am black, but not by the sun; I stand up, and utter my cries in the congregation.

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Psalms 43:2, Psalms 42:9, Psalms 43:2, Psalms 42:9, Psalms 38:6

29I am become a brother to jackals, And a companion to ostriches.

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Micah 1:8, Micah 1:8, Psalms 102:6, Psalms 102:6, Job 17:14

30My skin is black, and falleth from me, And my bones burn with heat.

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Lamentations 4:8, Lamentations 4:8, Psalms 102:3, Psalms 102:3, Psalms 119:83

31My harp also is turned to mourning, And my pipe to notes of grief.

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Lamentations 5:15, Lamentations 5:15, Isaiah 21:4, Isaiah 21:4, Daniel 6:18