NET Bible
"Have I not wept for the unfortunate? Was not my soul grieved for the poor?"
— Job 30:25, NET Bible
“Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?”
“Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the needy? ”
“Didn't I weep for him who was in trouble? Wasn't my soul grieved for the needy?”
“I wept heretofore for him that was afflicted, and my soul had compassion on the poor.”
“Have I not been weeping for the crushed? and was not my soul sad for him who was in need?”
“Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?”
You pick me up on the wind and make me ride on it; you toss me about in the storm.
I know that you are bringing me to death, to the meeting place for all the living.
The Contrast With the Past“Surely one does not stretch out his hand against a broken man when he cries for help in his distress.
Have I not wept for the unfortunate? Was not my soul grieved for the poor?
But when I hoped for good, trouble came; when I expected light, then darkness came.
My heart is in turmoil unceasingly; the days of my affliction confront me.
I go about blackened, but not by the sun; in the assembly I stand up and cry for help.