25. "Have I not wept for the one whose life is hard? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?
26. "When I expected good, then evil came; When I waited for light, then darkness came.
27. "I am seething within and cannot relax; Days of affliction confront me.
28. "I go about mourning without comfort; I stand up in the assembly and cry out for help.
29. "I have become a brother to jackals And a companion of ostriches.
30. "My skin turns black on me, And my bones burn with fever.