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11 But God[a] has loosened his cord and afflicted me;
    so they’ve cast off all restraints in my presence.

12 “A wretched crowd ambushes me to my right;
    they trip my feet;
        they build up their path of calamity for me.
13 They tear up my pathways;
    they profit from my destruction,
        and they need no help to do this!

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  1. Job 30:11 Lit. he

11 Now that God has unstrung my bow(A) and afflicted me,(B)
    they throw off restraint(C) in my presence.
12 On my right(D) the tribe[a] attacks;
    they lay snares(E) for my feet,(F)
    they build their siege ramps against me.(G)
13 They break up my road;(H)
    they succeed in destroying me.(I)
    ‘No one can help him,’ they say.

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  1. Job 30:12 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.