24 “Yet does not one in a heap of ruins stretch out his hand,
Or in his disaster therefore (A)cry out for help?
25 “Have I not (B)wept for the [a]one whose life is hard?
Was not my soul grieved for (C)the needy?
26 “When I (D)expected good, then evil came;
When I waited for light, (E)then darkness came.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 30:25 Lit hard of day

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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