Thou art turned to be cruel to me; With the might of thy hand thou persecutest me.
You have ruthlessly turned on me; You oppose me with Your strong hand.
Thou art turned to be fierce to me, With the strength of Thy hand, Thou oppressest me.
Thou art changed to a cruel one to me; with the strength of thy hand thou pursuest me.
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…