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.
23. 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.
27. My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.
28. I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.
29. I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
30. My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.
31. My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.