Now I am mocked by their songs;(A)
I have become an object of scorn to them.
10 They despise me and keep their distance from me;(B)
they do not hesitate to spit(C) in my face.
11 Because God has loosened my[a] bowstring and oppressed me,
they have cast off restraint in my presence.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 30:11 Alt Hb tradition, LXX, Vg read His

“And now those young men mock me(A) in song;(B)
    I have become a byword(C) among them.
10 They detest me(D) and keep their distance;
    they do not hesitate to spit in my face.(E)
11 Now that God has unstrung my bow(F) and afflicted me,(G)
    they throw off restraint(H) in my presence.

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