26
But when I looked for good, evil came; and when I waited for light, darkness came.
27
My heart is in turmoil, and is never still; days of affliction come to meet me.
28
I go about blackened, but not by the sun; I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.
29
I am a brother of jackals, and a companion of ostriches.
30
My skin turns black and falls from me, and my bones burn with heat.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.