Job 30:28
I go about blackened, but not by the sun. I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.
BSB
ASV
I go mourning without the sun: I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.
KJV
I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.
I went mourning without the sun - חמה chammah, which we here translate the sun, comes from a root of the same letters, which signifies to hide, protect, etc., and may be translated, I went mourning without a protector or guardian; or, the word may be derived from חם cham, to be hot, and here it may signify fury, rage, anger; and thus it was understood by the Vulgate: Maerens incedebam, sine furore, I went mourning without anger; or, as Calmet translates, Je marchois tout triste, mais sans me laisser aller a l’emportement; “I walked in deep sadness, but did not give way to an angry spirit.” The Syriac and Arabic understood it in the same way.
He walked out of the sun (so some) in dark shady places, as melancholy people use to do. If he went into the congregation, to join with them in solemn worship, instead of standing up calmly to desire their prayers, he stood up and cried aloud, through pain of body, or anguish of mind, like one half distracted.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
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Through
Psalms 43:2For You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?
leads to
I say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?”
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I give thanks to Him with my song.
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.
For the LORD will not forsake His people; He will never abandon His heritage.
But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.
Through
Psalms 42:9I say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?”
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I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.
Through
Job 19:7Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.
leads to
How long, O LORD, must I call for help but You do not hear, or cry out to You, “Violence!” but You do not save?
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Psalms 38:6I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.
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I paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother.