<vn='1'>But <sn="6258">now</s> they that are <sn="6810 3117">younger</s><sn="4480">than</s> I have me in <sn="7832 5921">derision</s>, <sn="834">whose</s><sn="1">fathers</s> I would have <sn="3988">disdained</s> to have <sn="7896">set</s><sn="5973">with</s> the <sn="3611">dogs</s> of my <sn="6629">flock</s>. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="1571">Yea</s>, <sn="4100">whereto</s> might the <sn="3581">strength</s> of their <sn="3027">hands</s> profit me, in <sn="5921">whom</s> old <sn="3624">age</s> was <sn="6">perished</s>? </v>
<vn='3'>For <sn="2639">want</s> and <sn="3720">famine</s> they were <sn="1565">solitary</s>; <sn="6207">fleeing</s> into the <sn="6723">wilderness</s> in former <sn="570">time</s><sn="7722">desolate</s> and <sn="4875">waste</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>Who cut <sn="6998">up</s><sn="4408">mallows</s><sn="5921">by</s> the <sn="7880">bushes</s>, and <sn="7574">juniper</s><sn="8328">roots</s> for their <sn="3899">meat</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>They were driven <sn="1644">forth</s><sn="4480">from</s><sn="1460">among</s> men, (they <sn="7321">cried</s><sn="5921">after</s> them as after a <sn="1590">thief</s>;) </v>
<vn='6'>To <sn="7931">dwell</s> in the <sn="6178">clefts</s> of the <sn="5158">valleys</s>, in <sn="2356">caves</s> of the <sn="6083">earth</s>, and in the <sn="3710">rocks</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="996">Among</s> the <sn="7880">bushes</s> they <sn="5101">brayed</s>; <sn="8478">under</s> the <sn="2738">nettles</s> they were gathered <sn="5596">together</s>. </v>
<vn='8'> They were <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5036">fools</s>, <sn="1571">yea</s>, <sn="1121">children</s> of base <sn="1097 8034">men</s>: they were <sn="5217">viler</s><sn="4480">than</s> the <sn="776">earth</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>And <sn="6258">now</s><sn="1961">am</s> I their <sn="5058">song</s>, yea, I <sn="1961">am</s> their <sn="4405">byword</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>They <sn="8581">abhor</s> me, they flee <sn="7368">far</s><sn="4480">from</s> me, and <sn="2820">spare</s><sn="3808">not</s> to <sn="7536">spit</s> in my <sn="4480 6440">face</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="3588">Because</s> he hath <sn="6605">loosed</s> my <sn="3499">cord</s>, and <sn="6031">afflicted</s> me, they have also let <sn="7971">loose</s> the <sn="7448">bridle</s><sn="4480 6440">before</s> me. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="5921">Upon</s> my <sn="3225">right</s> hand <sn="6965">rise</s> the <sn="6526">youth</s>; they push <sn="7971">away</s> my <sn="7272">feet</s>, and they raise <sn="5549">up</s><sn="5921">against</s> me the <sn="734">ways</s> of their <sn="343">destruction</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>They <sn="5420">mar</s> my <sn="5410">path</s>, they set <sn="3276">forward</s> my <sn="1942">calamity</s>, they have <sn="3808">no</s><sn="5826">helper</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>They <sn="857">came</s> upon me as a <sn="7342">wide</s> breaking <sn="6556">in</s> of waters: <sn="8478">in</s> the <sn="7722">desolation</s> they rolled <sn="1556">themselves</s> upon me. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="1091">Terrors</s> are <sn="2015">turned</s><sn="5921">upon</s> me: they <sn="7291">pursue</s> my <sn="5082">soul</s> as the <sn="7307">wind</s>: and my <sn="3444">welfare</s> passeth <sn="5674">away</s> as a <sn="5645">cloud</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And <sn="6258">now</s> my <sn="5315">soul</s> is poured <sn="8210">out</s><sn="5921">upon</s> me; the <sn="3117">days</s> of <sn="6040">affliction</s> have taken hold <sn="270">upon</s> me. </v>
<vn='17'>My <sn="6106">bones</s> are <sn="5365">pierced</s><sn="4480 5921">in</s> me in the night <sn="3915">season</s>: and my <sn="6207">sinews</s> take no <sn="7901 3808">rest</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>By the <sn="7230">great</s><sn="3581">force</s> of my disease is my <sn="3830">garment</s><sn="2664">changed</s>: it bindeth me <sn="247">about</s> as the <sn="6310">collar</s> of my <sn="3801">coat</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>He hath <sn="3384">cast</s> me into the <sn="2563">mire</s>, and I am <sn="4911">become</s> like <sn="6083">dust</s> and <sn="665">ashes</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>I <sn="7768">cry</s><sn="413">unto</s> thee, and thou dost <sn="3808">not</s><sn="6030">hear</s> me: I stand <sn="5975">up</s>, and thou <sn="995">regardest</s> me not. </v>
<vn='21'>Thou art <sn="2015">become</s><sn="393">cruel</s> to me: with thy <sn="6108">strong</s><sn="3027">hand</s> thou opposest thyself <sn="7852">against</s> me. </v>
<vn='22'>Thou liftest me <sn="5375">up</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="7307">wind</s>; thou causest me to <sn="7392">ride</s> upon it, and <sn="4127">dissolvest</s> my <sn="7738">substance</s>. </v>
<vn='23'><sn="3588">For</s> I <sn="3045">know</s> that thou wilt <sn="7725">bring</s> me to <sn="4194">death</s>, and to the <sn="1004">house</s><sn="4150">appointed</s> for <sn="3605">all</s><sn="2416">living</s>. </v>
<vn='24'><sn="389">Howbeit</s> he will <sn="3808">not</s> stretch <sn="7971">out</s> his <sn="3027">hand</s> to the <sn="1164">grave</s>, <sn="518">though</s> they <sn="7769">cry</s> in his <sn="6365">destruction</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>Did <sn="3808">not</s> I <sn="1058">weep</s> for him that was in <sn="7186 3117">trouble</s>? was not my <sn="5315">soul</s><sn="5701">grieved</s> for the <sn="34">poor</s>? </v>
<vn='26'><sn="3588">When</s> I looked <sn="6960">for</s><sn="2896">good</s>, then <sn="7451">evil</s><sn="935">came</s> unto me: and when I <sn="3176">waited</s> for <sn="216">light</s>, there <sn="935">came</s><sn="652">darkness</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>My <sn="4578">bowels</s><sn="7570">boiled</s>, and <sn="1826">rested</s><sn="3808">not</s>: the <sn="3117">days</s> of <sn="6040">affliction</s><sn="6923">prevented</s> me. </v>
<vn='28'>I <sn="1980">went</s><sn="6937">mourning</s><sn="3808">without</s> the <sn="2535">sun</s>: I stood <sn="6965">up</s>, and I <sn="7768">cried</s> in the <sn="6951">congregation</s>. </v>
<vn='29'>I <sn="1961">am</s> a <sn="251">brother</s> to <sn="8577">dragons</s>, and a <sn="7453">companion</s> to <sn="1323 3284">owls</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>My <sn="5785">skin</s> is <sn="7835">black</s><sn="4480 5921">upon</s> me, and my <sn="6106">bones</s> are <sn="2787">burned</s><sn="4480">with</s><sn="2721">heat</s>. </v>
<vn='31'>My <sn="3658">harp</s> also <sn="1961">is</s> turned to <sn="60">mourning</s>, and my <sn="5748">organ</s> into the <sn="6963">voice</s> of them that <sn="1058">weep</s>. </v>