23. For I know that thou dost conduct me unto death and to the house appointed for all living.
24. But he will not stretch out his hand against the grave; do those who are buried cry out when he destroys them?
25. Did I not weep for the one that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?
26. When I expected good, then evil came unto me; and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
27. My bowels boil and do not rest; the days of affliction came upon me.
28. I went about darkened, but not by the sun; I stood up and cried out in the congregation.
29. I have become a brother to dragons and a companion to owls.
30. My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.