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12 Their attacks never stop,
though I am defenseless,
    and my feet are trapped.[a]
13 Without any help,
    they prevent my escape,
destroying me completely[b]
14     and leaving me crushed.

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  1. 30.12 trapped: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 12.
  2. 30.13 destroying … completely: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.

12 On my right(A) the tribe[a] attacks;
    they lay snares(B) for my feet,(C)
    they build their siege ramps against me.(D)
13 They break up my road;(E)
    they succeed in destroying me.(F)
    ‘No one can help him,’ they say.
14 They advance as through a gaping breach;(G)
    amid the ruins they come rolling in.

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  1. Job 30:12 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.