Job stated that God also mistreated him

16 “And now I [SYN] am about to die [IDM];

I suffer every day.

17 My bones ache during the night,

and the pain that torments me never stops.

18 It is as though God seizes my clothes

and chokes me with the collar of my coat.

19 He has thrown me into the mud;

I am not worth anything more than dust and ashes.

20 “I cry out to God, but he does not answer/help me;

I stand up and pray, but he does not pay any attention.

21 He acts very cruelly toward me;

with all of his power [MTY] he causes me to suffer.

22 He allows the wind to lift me up and blow me away,

and he tosses me up and down in a violent storm.

23 I know that he will cause me to die,

which is what happens to everyone [MTY] who is alive.

24 “When people experience disasters,

and they sit on a pile of ruins and cry out for help,

others surely [RHQ] reach out their hand to help them.

25 That is what I did previously. I wept for people who were experiencing troubles,

and I felt sorry for poor/needy people.

26 But when I expected good things to happen to me, evil things happened;

when I waited for light/happiness, all I experienced was darkness/unhappiness [MET].

27 I am very distressed [IDM], all the time;

I suffer every day.

28 I go about very discouraged;

I stand up and plead for people to help me.

29 My wailing sounds as sad as [MET] the cries of jackals/foxes and ostriches.

30 My skin has become dark/black and is peeling off,

and I have a fever which causes my body to feel like it is burning.

31 Previously, I played joyful music on my harp and with my flute,

but now I play only the sad music of those who mourn.”