What does Job 30:21 mean?

Job 30:21 highlights themes such as suffering, divine-opposition, despair when read in context.

How should I apply Job 30:21 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.

19He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.

20I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.

21Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.

22Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance.

23For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.

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Psalm 88:15
Both express feelings of abandonment by God.
Lamentations 3:43
Both Job and the author of Lamentations feel opposed by God.
Romans 8:31
Paul assures believers that God is for them, contrasting Job's feelings of opposition.