1	But now they that are younger# than I have me in derision# , whose fathers I would have disdained# to have set# with the dogs of my flock. [younger...: Heb. of fewer days than I]
			2	Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished# ?
			3	For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing# into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste. [solitary: or, dark as the night] [in...: Heb. yesternight]
			4	Who cut up# mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.
			5	They were driven forth# from among men , (they cried# after them as after a thief;)
			6	To dwell# in the clifts of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks. [caves: Heb. holes]
			7	Among the bushes they brayed# ; under the nettles they were gathered together# .
			8	They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler# than the earth. [base...: Heb. men of no name]
			9	And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
			10	They abhor# me, they flee far# from me, and spare# not to spit in my face. [and...: Heb. and withhold not spittle from]
			11	Because he hath loosed# my cord, and afflicted# me, they have also let loose# the bridle before me.
			12	Upon my right hand rise# the youth; they push away# my feet, and they raise up# against me the ways of their destruction.
			13	They mar# my path, they set forward# my calamity# # , they have no helper# .
			14	They came# upon me as a wide breaking in of waters : in the desolation they rolled# themselves upon me .
			15	Terrors are turned# upon me: they pursue# my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away# as a cloud. [my soul: Heb. my principal one]
			16	And now my soul is poured out# upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold# upon me.
			17	My bones are pierced# in me in the night season: and my sinews# take no rest# .
			18	By the great force of my disease is my garment changed# : it bindeth me about# as the collar of my coat.
			19	He hath cast# me into the mire, and I am become like# dust and ashes.
			20	I cry# unto thee, and thou dost not hear# me: I stand up# , and thou regardest# me not .
			21	Thou art become# cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest# thyself against me. [become...: Heb. turned to be cruel] [thy...: Heb. the strength of thy hand]
			22	Thou liftest me up# to the wind; thou causest me to ride# upon it , and dissolvest# my substance# # # . [substance: or, wisdom]
			23	For I know# that thou wilt bring# me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
			24	Howbeit he will not stretch out# his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction. [grave: Heb. heap]
			25	Did not I weep# for him that was in trouble# ? was not my soul grieved# for the poor? [in trouble: Heb. hard of day?]
			26	When I looked# for good, then evil came# unto me : and when I waited# for light, there came# darkness.
			27	My bowels boiled# , and rested# not: the days of affliction prevented# me.
			28	I went# mourning# without the sun: I stood up# , and I cried# in the congregation.
			29	I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls# . [owls: or, ostriches]
			30	My skin is black# upon me, and my bones are burned# with heat.
			31	My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep# .