Contrast of Past Compassion and Present Misery
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Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?
26
When I looked for good, then evil came; And when I waited for light, there came darkness.
27
My heart is troubled, and resteth not; Days of affliction are come upon me.
28
I go mourning without the sun: I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.
29
I am a brother to jackals, And a companion to ostriches.
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My skin is black, and fallethfrom me, And my bones are burned with heat.
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Therefore is my harpturnedto mourning, And my pipe into the voice of them that weep.
Bible text: American Standard Version (1901) · Public domain