23. For I know that you will bring me to death, To the house appointed for all living.
24. “However doesn’t one stretch out a hand in his fall? Or in his calamity therefore cry for help?
25. Didn’t I weep for him who was in trouble? Wasn’t my soul grieved for the needy?
26. When I looked for good, then evil came; When I waited for light, there came darkness.
27. My heart is troubled, and doesn’t rest. Days of affliction have come on me.
28. I go mourning without the sun. I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.
29. I am a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.
30. My skin grows black and peels from me. My bones are burned with heat.