Job 30

DOUAI-RHEIMS	NOVA VULGATA
1 But now the younger in time scorn me, whose fathers I would not have set with the dogs of my flock:	1 Nunc autem derident me iuniores tempore, quorum non dignabar patres ponere cum canibus gregis mei;
2 The strength of whose hands was to me as nothing, and they were thought unworthy of life itself.	2 quorum virtus manuum mihi erat pro nihilo, et robur iuvenile perierat totum.
3 Barren with want and hunger, who gnawed in the wilderness, disfigured with calamity and misery.	3 Egestate et fame steriles, qui rodebant in solitudine, serotino tempore fiebant turbo et vastatio;
4 And they ate grass, and barks of trees, and the root of junipers was their food.	4 et mandebant herbas et arborum frutices, et radix iuniperorum erat cibus eorum.
5 Who snatched up these things out of the valleys, and when they had found any of them, they ran to them with a cry.	5 De medio eiciebantur, clamabant contra eos tamquam fures;
6 They dwelt in the desert places of torrents, and in caves of earth, or upon the gravel.	6 ad ripas habitabant torrentium et in cavernis terrae et petrarum;
7 They pleased themselves among these kind of things, and counted it delightful to be under the briers.	7 inter frutices rudebant, sub sentibus se congerebant;
8 The children of foolish and base men, and not appearing at all upon the earth.	8 filii stultorum et ignobilium et de terra penitus exturbati.
9 Now I am turned into their song, and am become their byword.	9 Nunc in eorum canticum versus sum et factus sum eis in proverbium.
10 They abhor me, and flee far from me, and are not afraid to spit in my face.	10 Abominantur me et longe fugiunt a me et faciem meam conspuere non verentur.
11 For he hath opened his quiver, and hath afflicted me, and hath put a bridle into my mouth.	11 Pharetram enim suam aperuit et afflixit me et frenum in os meum immisit.
12 At the right hand of my rising, my calamities forthwith arose: they have overthrown my feet, and have overwhelmed me with their paths as with waves.	12 Ad dexteram progenies surrexerunt; pedes meos subverterunt et complanaverunt contra me semitas ruinae.
13 They have destroyed my ways, they have lain in wait against me, and they have prevailed, and there was none to help.	13 Dissipaverunt itinera mea, insidiati sunt mihi et praevaluerunt, et non fuit qui ferret auxilium.
14 They have rushed in upon me, as when a wall is broken, and a gate opened, and have rolled themselves down to my miseries.	14 Quasi rupto muro et aperto irruerunt super me et sub ruinis devoluti sunt.
15 I am brought to nothing: as a wind thou hast taken away my desire: and my prosperity hath passed away like a cloud.	15 Versi sunt contra me in terrores, persequitur quasi ventus principatum meum, et velut nubes pertransiit salus mea.
16 And now my soul fadeth within myself, and the days of affliction possess me.	16 Nunc autem in memetipso effunditur anima mea; et possident me dies afflictionis.
17 In the night my bone is pierced with sorrows: and they that feed upon me, do not sleep.	17 Nocte os meum perforatur doloribus; et, qui me comedunt, non dormiunt.
18 With the multitude of them my garment is consumed, and they have girded me about, as with the collar of my coat.	18 In multitudine roboris tenent vestimentum meum et quasi capitio tunicae succinxerunt me.
19 I am compared to dirt, and am likened to embers and ashes.	19 Proiecit me in lutum, et assimilatus sum favillae et cineri.
20 I cry to thee, and thou hearest me not: I stand up, and thou dost not regard me.	20 Clamo ad te, et non exaudis me; sto, et non respicis me.
21 Thou art changed to be cruel toward me, and in the hardness of thy hand thou art against me.	21 Mutatus es mihi in crudelem et in duritia manus tuae adversaris mihi.
22 Thou hast lifted me up, and set me as it were upon the wind, and thou hast mightily dashed me.	22 Elevasti me et quasi super ventum ponens dissolvisti me.
23 I know that thou wilt deliver me to death, where a house is appointed for every one that liveth.	23 Scio quia morti trades me, ubi constituta est domus omni viventi.
24 But yet thou stretchest not forth thy hand to their consumption: and if they shall fall down thou wilt save.	24 Verumtamen non ad ruinam mittit manum; et in exitio eius erit salvatio.
25 I wept heretofore for him that was afflicted, and my soul had compassion on the poor.	25 An non flebam quondam super eo, qui afflictus erat, et compatiebatur anima mea pauperi?
26 I expected good things, and evils are come upon me: I waited for light, and darkness broke out.	26 Exspectabam bona, et venerunt mihi mala; praestolabar lucem, et eruperunt tenebrae.
27 My inner parts have boiled without any rest, the days of affliction have prevented me.	27 Interiora mea efferbuerunt absque ulla requie; praevenerunt me dies afflictionis.
28 I went mourning without indignation; I rose up, and cried in the crowd.	28 Taetro vultu incedebam sine consolatione, consurgens in turba clamabam.
29 I was the brother of dragons, and companion of ostriches.	29 Frater fui draconum et socius struthionum.
30 My skin is become black upon me, and my bones are dried up with heat.	30 Cutis mea denigrata est super me, et ossa mea aruerunt prae caumate.
31 My harp is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of those that weep.	31 Versa est in luctum cithara mea, et organum meum in vocem flentium.