24 Doubtless none can stretch his hand [a]unto the grave, though they cry in his destruction.

25 Did not I weep with him that was in trouble? was not my soul in heaviness for the poor?

26 Yet when I looked for good, [b]evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 30:24 None can deliver me thence, though they lament at my death.
  2. Job 30:26 Instead of comforting they mocked at me.

24 “Surely no one lays a hand on a broken man(A)
    when he cries for help in his distress.(B)
25 Have I not wept for those in trouble?(C)
    Has not my soul grieved for the poor?(D)
26 Yet when I hoped for good, evil came;
    when I looked for light, then came darkness.(E)

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