King James Version (KJV) With Strong Codes

1. But now[H6258] they that are younger[H6810] [H3117] than[H4480] I have me in derision,[H7832] [H5921] whose[H834] fathers[H1] I would have disdained[H3988] to have set[H7896] with[H5973] the dogs[H3611] of my flock.[H6629]

2. Yea,[H1571] whereto[H4100] might the strength[H3581] of their hands[H3027] profit me, in whom[H5921] old age[H3624] was perished?[H6]

3. For want[H2639] and famine[H3720] they were solitary;[H1565] fleeing[H6207] into the wilderness[H6723] in former time[H570] desolate[H7722] and waste.[H4875]

4. Who cut up[H6998] mallows[H4408] by[H5921] the bushes,[H7880] and juniper[H7574] roots[H8328] for their meat.[H3899]

5. They were driven forth[H1644] from[H4480] among[H1460] men, (they cried[H7321] after[H5921] them as after a thief;)[H1590]

6. To dwell[H7931] in the clefts[H6178] of the valleys,[H5158] in caves[H2356] of the earth,[H6083] and in the rocks.[H3710]

7. Among[H996] the bushes[H7880] they brayed;[H5101] under[H8478] the nettles[H2738] they were gathered together.[H5596]

8. They were children[H1121] of fools,[H5036] yea,[H1571] children[H1121] of base men:[H1097] [H8034] they were viler[H5217] than[H4480] the earth.[H776]

9. And now[H6258] am[H1961] I their song,[H5058] yea, I am[H1961] their byword.[H4405]

10. They abhor[H8581] me, they flee far[H7368] from[H4480] me, and spare[H2820] not[H3808] to spit[H7536] in my face.[H4480] [H6440]

11. Because[H3588] he hath loosed[H6605] my cord,[H3499] and afflicted[H6031] me, they have also let loose[H7971] the bridle[H7448] before[H4480] [H6440] me.

12. Upon[H5921] my right[H3225] hand rise[H6965] the youth;[H6526] they push away[H7971] my feet,[H7272] and they raise up[H5549] against[H5921] me the ways[H734] of their destruction.[H343]

13. They mar[H5420] my path,[H5410] they set forward[H3276] my calamity,[H1942] they have no[H3808] helper.[H5826]

14. They came[H857] upon me as a wide[H7342] breaking in[H6556] of waters: in[H8478] the desolation[H7722] they rolled themselves[H1556] upon me.

15. Terrors[H1091] are turned[H2015] upon[H5921] me: they pursue[H7291] my soul[H5082] as the wind:[H7307] and my welfare[H3444] passeth away[H5674] as a cloud.[H5645]

16. And now[H6258] my soul[H5315] is poured out[H8210] upon[H5921] me; the days[H3117] of affliction[H6040] have taken hold upon[H270] me.

17. My bones[H6106] are pierced[H5365] in[H4480] [H5921] me in the night season:[H3915] and my sinews[H6207] take no rest.[H7901] [H3808]

18. By the great[H7230] force[H3581] of my disease is my garment[H3830] changed:[H2664] it bindeth me about[H247] as the collar[H6310] of my coat.[H3801]

19. He hath cast[H3384] me into the mire,[H2563] and I am become[H4911] like dust[H6083] and ashes.[H665]

20. I cry[H7768] unto[H413] thee, and thou dost not[H3808] hear[H6030] me: I stand up,[H5975] and thou regardest[H995] me not.

21. Thou art become[H2015] cruel[H393] to me: with thy strong[H6108] hand[H3027] thou opposest thyself against[H7852] me.

22. Thou liftest me up[H5375] to[H413] the wind;[H7307] thou causest me to ride[H7392] upon it, and dissolvest[H4127] my substance.[H7738]

23. For[H3588] I know[H3045] that thou wilt bring[H7725] me to death,[H4194] and to the house[H1004] appointed[H4150] for all[H3605] living.[H2416]

24. Howbeit[H389] he will not[H3808] stretch out[H7971] his hand[H3027] to the grave,[H1164] though[H518] they cry[H7769] in his destruction.[H6365]

25. Did not[H3808] I weep[H1058] for him that was in trouble?[H7186] [H3117] was not my soul[H5315] grieved[H5701] for the poor?[H34]

26. When[H3588] I looked for[H6960] good,[H2896] then evil[H7451] came[H935] unto me: and when I waited[H3176] for light,[H216] there came[H935] darkness.[H652]

27. My bowels[H4578] boiled,[H7570] and rested[H1826] not:[H3808] the days[H3117] of affliction[H6040] prevented[H6923] me.

28. I went[H1980] mourning[H6937] without[H3808] the sun:[H2535] I stood up,[H6965] and I cried[H7768] in the congregation.[H6951]

29. I am[H1961] a brother[H251] to dragons,[H8577] and a companion[H7453] to owls.[H1323] [H3284]

30. My skin[H5785] is black[H7835] upon[H4480] [H5921] me, and my bones[H6106] are burned[H2787] with[H4480] heat.[H2721]

31. My harp[H3658] also is[H1961] turned to mourning,[H60] and my organ[H5748] into the voice[H6963] of them that weep.[H1058]