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1. But now men younger than I make fun of me� men whose fathers were too worthless to put with my sheep dogs.
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1. But now H6258 they that are younger H6810 H3117 than H4480 I have me in derision H7832 H5921 , whose H834 fathers H1 I would have disdained H3988 to have set H7896 with H5973 the dogs H3611 of my flock H6629 .
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2. Their fathers are still too weak to be of any use to me. All their strength is gone.
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2. Yea H1571 , whereto H4100 might the strength H3581 of their hands H3027 profit me , in whom H5921 old age H3624 was perished H6 ?
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3. They are starving with nothing to eat, so they chew on the dry, ruined land.
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3. For want H2639 and famine H3720 they were solitary H1565 ; fleeing H6207 into the wilderness H6723 in former time H570 desolate H7722 and waste H4875 .
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4. They pull up salt plants in the desert and eat the roots from the broom tree.
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4. Who cut up H6998 mallows H4408 by H5921 the bushes H7880 , and juniper H7574 roots H8328 for their meat H3899 .
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5. They are forced away from other people, who shout at them as if they were thieves.
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5. They were driven forth H1644 from H4480 among H1460 men , (they cried H7321 after H5921 them as after a thief H1590 ;)
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6. They must live in the dry riverbeds, hillside caves, and holes in the ground.
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6. To dwell H7931 in the clefts H6178 of the valleys H5158 , in caves H2356 of the earth H6083 , and in the rocks H3710 .
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7. They howl in the bushes and huddle together under thornbushes.
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7. Among H996 the bushes H7880 they brayed H5101 ; under H8478 the nettles H2738 they were gathered together H5596 .
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8. They are a bunch of worthless people without names, who were forced to leave their country.
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8. They were children H1121 of fools H5036 , yea H1571 , children H1121 of base men H1097 H8034 : they were viler H5217 than H4480 the earth H776 .
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9. "Now their sons sing songs to make fun of me. My name has become a bad word to them.
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9. And now H6258 am H1961 I their song H5058 , yea , I am H1961 their byword H4405 .
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10. They hate me and stay far away from me, except when they come to spit in my face!
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10. They abhor H8581 me , they flee far H7368 from H4480 me , and spare H2820 not H3808 to spit H7536 in my face H4480 H6440 .
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11. God has taken the string from my bow and made me weak, so they feel free to do whatever they want to me.
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11. Because H3588 he hath loosed H6605 my cord H3499 , and afflicted H6031 me , they have also let loose H7971 the bridle H7448 before H4480 H6440 me.
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12. They attack me on my right side. They knock my feet out from under me. They build ramps to attack and destroy me like a city.
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12. Upon H5921 my right H3225 hand rise H6965 the youth H6526 ; they push away H7971 my feet H7272 , and they raise up H5549 against H5921 me the ways H734 of their destruction H343 .
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13. They guard the road so that I cannot escape. They succeed in destroying me, without help from anyone.
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13. They mar H5420 my path H5410 , they set forward H3276 my calamity H1942 , they have no H3808 helper H5826 .
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14. They break a hole in the wall and come rushing through it, and the crashing rocks fall on me.
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14. They came H857 upon me as a wide H7342 breaking in H6556 of waters : in H8478 the desolation H7722 they rolled themselves H1556 upon me .
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15. I am shaking with fear. They chased my honor away like dust in the wind. My safety disappears like a cloud.
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15. Terrors H1091 are turned H2015 upon H5921 me : they pursue H7291 my soul H5082 as the wind H7307 : and my welfare H3444 passeth away H5674 as a cloud H5645 .
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16. "Now my life is almost gone, and soon I will die. Days of suffering have grabbed me.
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16. And now H6258 my soul H5315 is poured out H8210 upon H5921 me ; the days H3117 of affliction H6040 have taken hold upon H270 me.
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17. All my bones ache at night. Pain never stops chewing on me.
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17. My bones H6106 are pierced H5365 in H4480 H5921 me in the night season H3915 : and my sinews H6207 take no rest H7901 H3808 .
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18. God grabbed the collar of my coat and twisted my clothes out of shape.
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18. By the great H7230 force H3581 of my disease is my garment H3830 changed H2664 : it bindeth me about H247 as the collar H6310 of my coat H3801 .
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19. He threw me into the mud, and I became like dust and ashes.
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19. He hath cast H3384 me into the mire H2563 , and I am become H4911 like dust H6083 and ashes H665 .
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20. "God, I cry out to you for help, but you don't answer. I stand up and pray, but you don't pay attention to me.
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20. I cry H7768 unto H413 thee , and thou dost not H3808 hear H6030 me : I stand up H5975 , and thou regardest H995 me not .
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21. You have become cruel to me; you use your power to hurt me.
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21. Thou art become H2015 cruel H393 to me : with thy strong H6108 hand H3027 thou opposest thyself against H7852 me.
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22. You let the strong wind blow me away. You throw me around in the storm.
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22. Thou liftest me up H5375 to H413 the wind H7307 ; thou causest me to ride H7392 upon it , and dissolvest H4127 my substance H7738 .
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23. I know you will lead me to my death, to that place where all the living must go.
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23. For H3588 I know H3045 that thou wilt bring H7725 me to death H4194 , and to the house H1004 appointed H4150 for all H3605 living H2416 .
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24. "Surely no one would attack a man who is already ruined, when he is hurt and crying for help.
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24. Howbeit H389 he will not H3808 stretch out H7971 his hand H3027 to the grave H1164 , though H518 they cry H7769 in his destruction H6365 .
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25. God, you know that I cried for those who were in trouble. You know that I mourned for the poor.
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25. Did not H3808 I weep H1058 for him that was in trouble H7186 H3117 ? was not my soul H5315 grieved H5701 for the poor H34 ?
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26. But when I hoped for good, trouble came instead. When I looked for light, darkness came.
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26. When H3588 I looked for H6960 good H2896 , then evil H7451 came H935 unto me : and when I waited H3176 for light H216 , there came H935 darkness H652 .
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27. I constantly feel upset. And my suffering has only just begun.
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27. My bowels H4578 boiled H7570 , and rested H1826 not H3808 : the days H3117 of affliction H6040 prevented H6923 me.
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28. I am always sad and depressed, without any relief. I stand up in the public meeting and cry for help,
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28. I went H1980 mourning H6937 without H3808 the sun H2535 : I stood up H6965 , and I cried H7768 in the congregation H6951 .
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29. making sad sounds like the wild dogs, like the ostriches in the desert.
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29. I am H1961 a brother H251 to dragons H8577 , and a companion H7453 to owls H1323 H3284 .
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30. My skin is burned and peeling away. My body is hot with fever.
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30. My skin H5785 is black H7835 upon H4480 H5921 me , and my bones H6106 are burned H2787 with H4480 heat H2721 .
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31. My harp is tuned to play songs of sorrow. My flute makes sad sounds like someone crying.
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31. My harp H3658 also is H1961 turned to mourning H60 , and my organ H5748 into the voice H6963 of them that weep H1058 .
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