Loading…
30 “But now they mock me,z
men younger than I,
whose fathers I would have disdained
to put with my sheep dogs.a
2 Of what use was the strength of their hands to me,
since their vigor had gone from them?
3 Haggard from want and hunger,
they roameda the parched landb
in desolate wastelandsc at night.d
4 In the brush they gathered salt herbs,e
and their foodb was the root of the broom bush.f
5 They were banished from human society,
shouted at as if they were thieves.
6 They were forced to live in the dry stream beds,
among the rocks and in holes in the ground.g
7 They brayedh among the bushesi
and huddled in the undergrowth.
8 A base and nameless brood,j
they were driven out of the land.k
9 “And now those young men mock mel in song;m
I have become a bywordn among them.
10 They detest meo and keep their distance;
they do not hesitate to spit in my face.p
11 Now that God has unstrung my bowq and afflicted me,r
they throw off restraints in my presence.
12 On my rightt the tribec attacks;
they lay snaresu for my feet,v
they build their siege ramps against me.w
13 They break up my road;x
they succeed in destroying me.y
‘No one can help him,’ they say.
14 They advance as through a gaping breach;z
amid the ruins they come rolling in.
my dignity is driven away as by the wind,
my safety vanishes like a cloud.c
16 “And now my life ebbs away;d
days of suffering grip me.e
my gnawing pains never rest.f
18 In his great powerg God becomes like clothing to med;
he binds me like the neck of my garment.
19 He throws me into the mud,h
and I am reduced to dust and ashes.i
20 “I cry out to you,j God, but you do not answer;k
I stand up, but you merely look at me.
21 You turn on me ruthlessly;l
with the might of your handm you attack me.n
22 You snatch me up and drive me before the wind;o
you toss me about in the storm.p
23 I know you will bring me down to death,q
to the place appointed for all the living.r
24 “Surely no one lays a hand on a broken mans
when he cries for help in his distress.t
25 Have I not wept for those in trouble?u
Has not my soul grieved for the poor?v
26 Yet when I hoped for good, evil came;
when I looked for light, then came darkness.w
27 The churning inside me never stops;x
days of suffering confront me.y
28 I go about blackened,z but not by the sun;
I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.a
29 I have become a brother of jackals,b
a companion of owls.c
30 My skin grows blackd and peels;e
my body burns with fever.f
31 My lyre is tuned to mourning,g
and my pipeh to the sound of wailing.
|
About The New International VersionThe NIV is the world’s most read and trusted contemporary English Bible translation. It follows the principle of "dynamic equivalence" to ensure crystal clear understandable English. The NIV is the most readable English Bible ever produced. |
| Copyright |
Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.™ Used by Permission. All rights reserved worldwide. “New International Version” and “NIV” are registered trademarks of Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission. The NIV® text may be quoted in any form (written, visual, electronic or audio), up to and inclusive of five hundred (500) verses without the express written permission of the publisher, providing the verses quoted do not amount to a complete book of the Bible nor do the verses quoted account for twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the total text of the work in which they are quoted. Notice of copyright must appear on the title or copyright page as follows: “Scripture quotations taken from The Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.” The “NIV” and “New International Version” are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc.™ When quotations from the NIV® text are used by a local church in non-saleable media such as church bulletins, orders of service, posters, overhead transparencies, or similar materials, a complete copyright notice is not required, but the initials (NIV®) must appear at the end of each quotation. Any commentary or other biblical reference work produced for commercial sale, that uses the NIV® text must obtain written permission for use of the NIV® text. Permission requests for commercial use within the USA and Canada that exceeds the above guidelines must be directed to, and approved in writing by The Zondervan Corporation, 5300 Patterson Ave. SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49530, USA. www.Zondervan.com Permission requests for commercial use within the UK, EU and EFTA that exceeds the above guidelines must be directed to, and approved in writing by Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 338 Euston Road, London NW1 3BH, United Kingdom. www.Hodder.co.uk Permission requests for non-commercial use that exceeds the above guidelines must be directed to, and approved in writing by Biblica US, Inc., 1820 Jet Stream Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80921, USA. www.Biblica.com Any Internet addresses (websites, blogs, etc.) and telephone numbers printed in this Bible are offered as a resource. They are not intended in any way to be or imply an endorsement by Zondervan, nor does Zondervan vouch for the content of these sites and numbers for the life of the Bible. |
| Support Info | niv2011 |