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Job 30
⁴ They pluck wild greens from among the bushes and eat from the roots of broom trees.
⁵ They are driven from human society, and people shout at them as if they were thieves.
⁶ So now they live in frightening ravines, in caves and among the rocks.
⁷ They sound like animals howling among the bushes, huddled together beneath the nettles.
⁸ They are nameless fools, outcasts from society.
⁹ “And now they mock me with vulgar songs! They taunt me!
¹⁰ They despise me and won’t come near me, except to spit in my face.
¹¹ For God has cut my bowstring. He has humbled me, so they have thrown off all restraint.
¹² These outcasts oppose me to my face. They send me sprawling and lay traps in my path.
¹³ They block my road and do everything they can to destroy me. They know I have no one to help me.
¹⁴ They come at me from all directions. They jump on me when I am down.