They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, And spare not to spit in my face.
They abhor me and keep far from me; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.
They have abominated me, They have kept far from me, And from before me have not spared to spit.
They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, yea, they spare not to spit in my face.
Job — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
J O B CHAP. XXX. It is a melancholy "But now" which this chapter begins with. Adversity is here described as much to the life as prosperity was in the foregoing chapter, and the height of that did but increase the depth of this. God sets the one over-against the…