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had meant nothing to me;</p> <p class="sl1">their vigor had perished.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22030003" class="ver">3</span>In want and emaciating hunger<a id="ren22030003-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en22030003-b">b</a></p> <p class="sl1">they fled to the parched lands:</p> <p class="sl1">to the desolate wasteland by night.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22030004" class="ver">4</span>They plucked saltwort<a id="rfn22030004-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn22030004-1">*</a> and shrubs;</p> <p class="sl1">the roots of the broom plant were their food.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22030005" class="ver">5</span>They were banished from the community,</p> <p class="sl1">with an outcry like that against a thief—</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22030006" class="ver">6</span>To dwell on the slopes of the wadies,</p> <p class="sl1">in caves of sand and stone;</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22030007" class="ver">7</span>Among the bushes they brayed;</p> <p class="sl1">under the nettles they huddled together.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22030008" class="ver">8</span>Irresponsible, of no account,</p> <p class="sl1">they were driven out of the land.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22030009" class="ver">9</span>Yet now they sing of me in mockery;</p> <p class="sl1">I have become a byword among them.<a id="ren22030009-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en22030009-c">c</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22030010" class="ver">10</span>They abhor me, they stand aloof,</p> <p class="sl1">they do not hesitate to spit in my face!</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22030011" class="ver">11</span><a id="rfn22030011-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn22030011-1">*</a> Because he has loosened my bowstring and afflicted me,</p> <p class="sl1">they have thrown off restraint in my presence.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22030012" class="ver">12</span>On my right the young rabble rise up;</p> <p class="sl1">they trip my feet,</p> <p class="sl1">they build their approaches for my ruin.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22030013" class="ver">13</span>They tear up my path,</p> <p class="sl1">they promote my ruin,</p> <p class="sl1">no helper is there against them.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22030014" class="ver">14</span>As through a wide breach they advance;</p> <p class="sl1">amid the uproar they come on in waves;</p> <p class="sl1"><span id="v22030015" class="ver">15</span>terrors roll over me.</p> <p class="sl">My dignity is driven off like the wind,</p> <p class="sl1">and my well-being vanishes like a cloud.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22030016" class="ver">16</span>And now my life ebbs away from me,</p> <p class="sl1">days of affliction have taken hold of me.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22030017" class="ver">17</span><a id="rfn22030017-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn22030017-1">*</a> At night he pierces my bones,</p> <p class="sl1">my sinews have no rest.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22030018" class="ver">18</span>With great difficulty I change my clothes,</p> <p class="sl1">the collar of my tunic fits around my waist.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22030019" class="ver">19</span>He has cast me into the mire;</p> <p class="sl1">I have become like dust and ashes.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22030020" class="ver">20</span>I cry to you, but you do not answer me;<a id="ren22030020-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en22030020-d">d</a></p> <p class="sl1">I stand, but you take no notice.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22030021" class="ver">21</span>You have turned into my tormentor,</p> <p class="sl1">and with your strong hand you attack me.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22030022" class="ver">22</span>You raise me up and drive me before the wind;</p> <p class="sl1">I am tossed about by the tempest.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22030023" class="ver">23</span>Indeed I know that you will return me to death</p> <p class="sl1">to the house destined for everyone alive.<a id="ren22030023-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en22030023-e">e</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22030024" class="ver">24</span>Yet should not a hand be held out</p> <p class="sl1">to help a wretched person in distress?</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22030025" class="ver">25</span>Did I not weep for the hardships of others;</p> <p class="sl1">was not my soul grieved for the poor?<a id="ren22030025-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en22030025-f">f</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22030026" class="ver">26</span>Yet when I looked for good, evil came;</p> <p class="sl1">when I expected light, darkness came.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22030027" class="ver">27</span>My inward parts seethe and will not be stilled;</p> <p class="sl1">days of affliction have overtaken me.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22030028" class="ver">28</span>I go about in gloom, without the sun;</p> <p class="sl1">I rise in the assembly and cry for help.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22030029" class="ver">29</span>I have become a brother to jackals,</p> <p class="sl1">a companion to ostriches.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22030030" class="ver">30</span>My blackened skin falls away from me;</p> <p class="sl1">my very frame is scorched by the heat.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v22030031" class="ver">31</span>My lyre is tuned to mourning,</p> <p class="sl1">and my reed pipe to sounds of weeping.</p> </div> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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