20. I cry to you, and you do not heed me. I stand up, and you do not look back at me.
21. You have changed me into hardness, and, with the hardness of your hand, you oppose me.
22. You have lifted me up, and, placing me as if on the wind, you have thrown me down powerfully.
23. I know that you will hand me over to death, where a home has been established for all the living.
24. Truly, then, you do not extend your hand in order to consume them, and if they fall down, you will save them.
25. Once, I wept over him who was afflicted, and my soul had compassion on the poor.
26. I expected good things, but evil things have come to me. I stood ready for light, yet darkness burst forth.
27. My insides have seethed, without any rest, for the days of affliction have prevented it.
28. I went forth mourning, without anger, and rising up, I cried out in confusion.
29. I was the brother of snakes, and the companion of ostriches.
30. My skin has become blackened over me, and my bones have dried up because of the heat.