26 But when I hoped for good, evil came;
when I looked for light, darkness(A) came.
27 I am churning within[a] and cannot rest;
days of suffering confront me.
28 I walk about blackened, but not by the sun.[b]
I stood in the assembly and cried out for help.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 30:27 Lit My bowels boil
  2. Job 30:28 Or walk in sunless gloom

26 Yet when I hoped for good, evil came;
    when I looked for light, then came darkness.(A)
27 The churning inside me never stops;(B)
    days of suffering confront me.(C)
28 I go about blackened,(D) but not by the sun;
    I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.(E)

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