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23 Yes, I know that you are bringing me down to death,
to the home where all the living meet.

24 Will he really stretch out his hand against a pile of ruins,
when the ruined man screams for help?[a]
25 Didn’t I weep for those who live through hard days?
Didn’t my soul grieve for the needy?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 30:24 This verse is difficult.

23 I know you will bring me down to death,(A)
    to the place appointed for all the living.(B)

24 “Surely no one lays a hand on a broken man(C)
    when he cries for help in his distress.(D)
25 Have I not wept for those in trouble?(E)
    Has not my soul grieved for the poor?(F)

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