1But now they that are younger than I…
2Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands…
3For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing…
4Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and…
5They were driven forth from among men, (they…
6To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys,…
7Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles…
8They were children of fools, yea, children of…
9And now am I their song, yea, I…
10They abhor me, they flee far from me,…
11Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted…
12Upon my right hand rise the youth; they…
13They mar my path, they set forward my…
14They came upon me as a wide breaking…
15Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my…
16And now my soul is poured out upon…
17My bones are pierced in me in the…
18By the great force of my disease is…
19He hath cast me into the mire, and…
20I cry unto thee, and thou dost not…
21Thou art become cruel to me: with thy…
22Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou…
23For I know that thou wilt bring me…
24Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand…
25Did not I weep for him that was…
26When I looked for good, then evil came…
27My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days…
28I went mourning without the sun: I stood…
29I am a brother to dragons, and a…
30My skin is black upon me, and my…
31My harp also is turned to mourning, and…
