Job 30:26-31

Christian Standard Bible

²⁶ But when I hoped for good, evil came;
when I looked for light, darkness^(A) came.
²⁷ I am churning within^[a] and cannot rest;
days of suffering confront me.
²⁸ I walk about blackened, but not by the sun.^[b]
I stood in the assembly and cried out for help.
²⁹ I have become a brother to jackals
and a companion of ostriches.
³⁰ My skin blackens and flakes off,^[c]
and my bones burn with fever.^(B)
31 My lyre is used for mourning
and my flute for the sound of weeping.^(C)