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The Book of Job, Chapter 30, Verse 16

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Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.
King James Version
And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
American Standard Version
And now my soul is poured out within me; Days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
New English Translation
Job’s Despondency“And now my soul pours itself out within me; days of suffering take hold of me.
World English Bible
"Now my soul is poured out within me. Days of affliction have taken hold on me.
17
My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.
18
By the great force [of my disease] is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
19
He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.
20
I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me [not].
21
Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.
22
Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride [upon it], and dissolvest my substance.
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For I know [that] thou wilt bring me [to] death, and [to] the house appointed for all living.
24
Howbeit he will not stretch out [his] hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.
25
Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was [not] my soul grieved for the poor?
26
When I looked for good, then evil came [unto me]: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.