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Job 30: But Now

Job contrasts his past honor with his present pain. But now those who are younger than he mock him and spit in his face. Terrors have turned on him, and his welfare has passed away as a cloud. He cries to God and feels unanswered. He asks, Didn't I weep for him who was in trouble? Wasn't my soul grieved for the needy? When I looked for good, then evil came. When I waited for light, darkness came. His harp has turned to mourning.

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  1. 1 “But now those who are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I considered unworthy to put with my sheep dogs.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  2. 2 Of what use is the strength of their hands to me, men in whom ripe age has perished?This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  3. 3 They are gaunt from lack and famine. They gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of waste and desolation.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  4. 4 They pluck salt herbs by the bushes. The roots of the broom tree are their food.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  5. 5 They are driven out from among men. They cry after them as after a thief,This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  6. 6 so that they live in frightful valleys, and in holes of the earth and of the rocks.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  7. 7 They bray among the bushes. They are gathered together under the nettles.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  8. 8 They are children of fools, yes, children of wicked men. They were flogged out of the land.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  9. 9 “Now I have become their song. Yes, I am a byword to them.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  10. 10 They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, and don’t hesitate to spit in my face.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  11. 11 For he has untied his cord, and afflicted me; and they have thrown off restraint before me.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  12. 12 On my right hand rise the rabble. They thrust aside my feet. They cast their ways of destruction up against me.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  13. 13 They mar my path. They promote my destruction without anyone’s help.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  14. 14 As through a wide breach they come. They roll themselves in amid the ruin.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  15. 15 Terrors have turned on me. They chase my honor as the wind. My welfare has passed away as a cloud.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  16. 16 “Now my soul is poured out within me. Days of affliction have taken hold of me.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  17. 17 In the night season my bones are pierced in me, and the pains that gnaw me take no rest.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  18. 18 My garment is disfigured by great force. It binds me about as the collar of my tunic.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  19. 19 He has cast me into the mire. I have become like dust and ashes.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  20. 20 I cry to you, and you do not answer me. I stand up, and you gaze at me.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  21. 21 You have turned to be cruel to me. With the might of your hand you persecute me.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  22. 22 You lift me up to the wind, and drive me with it. You dissolve me in the storm.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  23. 23 For I know that you will bring me to death, to the house appointed for all living.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  24. 24 “However doesn’t one stretch out a hand in his fall? Or in his calamity therefore cry for help?This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  25. 25 Didn’t I weep for him who was in trouble? Wasn’t my soul grieved for the needy?This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  26. 26 When I looked for good, then evil came. When I waited for light, darkness came.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  27. 27 My heart is troubled, and doesn’t rest. Days of affliction have come on me.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  28. 28 I go mourning without the sun. I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  29. 29 I am a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  30. 30 My skin grows black and peels from me. My bones are burned with heat.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.
  31. 31 Therefore my harp has turned to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of those who weep.This verse is not in this translation's source text (many modern translations omit it). See your Bible's footnote.

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I Cared for the Needy

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Color Job's tears! Job cried for people in trouble.

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Bible Verse

“Didn’t I weep for him who was in trouble? Wasn’t my soul grieved for the needy?”

Job 30:25 (WEB)

Prayer

Thank You, God, for making me!

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Read the verse aloud. Say: Job cried for people who were sad. Now Job was sad too. God cares when we are sad.

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