He has demolished me on every side, and I am finished. He has uprooted my hope like a fallen tree.

他在四围攻击我，我便归于死亡，将我的指望如树拔出来。

他在四围攻击我，我就走了；他将我的指望如树拔出。

他在四围攻击我，我就走了；他将我的指望如树拔出。

祂从四面攻击我，直到我消逝；祂把我的希望像树一样连根拔除。

他四面拆毁我，我就离世，他又把我这指望如树枝一样拔出来。

他在四圍攻擊我，我便歸於死亡，將我的指望如樹拔出來。

他在四圍攻擊我，我就走了；他將我的指望如樹拔出。

他在四圍攻擊我，我就走了；他將我的指望如樹拔出。

祂從四面攻擊我，直到我消逝；祂把我的希望像樹一樣連根拔除。

他四面拆毀我，我就離世，他又把我這指望如樹枝一樣拔出來。

他四面將我拆毁，我便去世；他將我的指望拔除、同樹一樣。

四周毀我、我則逝矣、拔我冀望、如拔樹然、

禍害切身、使我式微絕望、如樹之拔其根株、

四周毀我、使我幾死、拔我冀望、如拔樹然、

He tears me down on every side till I am gone; he uproots my hope like a tree.

He tears me down on every side until I’m gone. He pulls up the roots of my hope as if I were a tree.

He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone, and my hope has he pulled up like a tree.

He tears me down on every side so that I am ruined. He uproots my hope like a tree.

He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone; And He has uprooted my hope like a tree.

He breaks me down on every side, And I am gone; My hope He has uprooted like a tree.

He hath broken me down on every side, and I am gone; And my hope hath he plucked up like a tree.

He tears me down on every side so that I am ruined. He uproots my hope like a tree.

He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.

He tears me down on every side until I perish; he uproots my hope like one uproots a tree.

He has broken me down on every side, and I am gone. He has plucked my hope up like a tree.

Their own mothers will forget them. Maggots will find them sweet to eat. No one will remember them. Wicked people are broken like a tree in the storm.

What he destroys cannot be rebuilt. When he puts someone in prison, there is no escape.

I have seen wicked and ruthless people flourishing like a tree in its native soil.But when I looked again, they were gone! Though I searched for them, I could not find them!

But I don’t have the strength to endure. I have nothing to live for.

Where then is my hope? Can anyone find it?

“ My days fly faster than a weaver’s shuttle. They end without hope.

O Lord, I cry out to you. I will keep on pleading day by day.O Lord, why do you reject me? Why do you turn your face from me?I have been sick and close to death since my youth. I stand helpless and desperate before your terrors.Your fierce anger has overwhelmed me. Your terrors have paralyzed me.They swirl around me like floodwaters all day long. They have engulfed me completely.You have taken away my companions and loved ones. Darkness is my closest friend.

We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed, but not driven to despair.We are hunted down, but never abandoned by God. We get knocked down, but we are not destroyed.

So Satan left the Lord’s presence, and he struck Job with terrible boils from head to foot.

My days are over. My hopes have disappeared. My heart’s desires are broken.

Yes, the Lord has vanquished Israel like an enemy. He has destroyed her palaces and demolished her fortresses. He has brought unending sorrow and tears upon beautiful Jerusalem.He has broken down his Temple as though it were merely a garden shelter. The Lord has blotted out all memory of the holy festivals and Sabbath days. Kings and priests fall together before his fierce anger.

One day when Job’s sons and daughters were feasting at the oldest brother’s house,a messenger arrived at Job’s home with this news:“ Your oxen were plowing, with the donkeys feeding beside them,when the Sabeans raided us. They stole all the animals and killed all the farmhands. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.”While he was still speaking, another messenger arrived with this news:“ The fire of God has fallen from heaven and burned up your sheep and all the shepherds. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.”While he was still speaking, a third messenger arrived with this news:“ Three bands of Chaldean raiders have stolen your camels and killed your servants. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.”While he was still speaking, another messenger arrived with this news:“ Your sons and daughters were feasting in their oldest brother’s home.Suddenly, a powerful wind swept in from the wilderness and hit the house on all sides. The house collapsed, and all your children are dead. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.”

The same happens to all who forget God. The hopes of the godless evaporate.Their confidence hangs by a thread. They are leaning on a spider’s web.They cling to their home for security, but it won’t last. They try to hold it tight, but it will not endure.The godless seem like a lush plant growing in the sunshine, its branches spreading across the garden.Its roots grow down through a pile of stones; it takes hold on a bed of rocks.But when it is uprooted, it’s as though it never existed!

My life passes as swiftly as the evening shadows. I am withering away like grass.