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| 1. | My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me. | "My spirit is consumed. My days are extinct, And the grave is ready for me. | My spirit is broken, my days are ended, the last resting-place is ready for me. | ||
| 2. | Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation? | Surely there are mockers with me. My eye dwells on their provocation. | Truly, those who make sport of me are round about me, and my eyes become dark because of their bitter laughing. | ||
| 3. | Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me? | "Now give a pledge, be collateral for me with yourself. Who is there who will strike hands with me? | Be pleased, now, to be responsible for me to yourself; for there is no other who will put his hand in mine. | ||
| 4. | For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them. | For you have hidden their heart from understanding, Therefore you shall not exalt them. | You have kept their hearts from wisdom: for this cause you will not give them honour. | ||
| 5. | He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail. | He who denounces his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail. | As for him who is false to his friend for a reward, light will be cut off from the eyes of his children. | ||
| 6. | He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret. | "But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face. | He has made me a word of shame to the peoples; I have become a mark for their sport. | ||
| 7. | Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow. | My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. All my members are as a shadow. | My eyes have become dark because of my pain, and all my body is wasted to a shade. | ||
| 8. | Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite. | Upright men shall be astonished at this. The innocent shall stir up himself against the godless. | The upright are surprised at this, and he who has done no wrong is troubled because of the evil-doers. | ||
| 9. | The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. | Yet shall the righteous hold on his way. He who has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger. | Still the upright keeps on his way, and he who has clean hands gets new strength. | ||
| 10. | But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you. | But as for you all, come on now again; I shall not find a wise man among you. | But come back, now, all of you, come; and I will not see a wise man among you. | ||
| 11. | My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart. | My days are past, my plans are broken off, as are the thoughts of my heart. | My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the desires of my heart. | ||
| 12. | They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness. | They change the night into day, saying 'The light is near' in the presence of darkness. | They are changing night into day; they say, The light is near the dark. | ||
| 13. | If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness. | If I look for Sheol{Sheol is the place of the dead.} as my house, if I have spread my couch in the darkness, | If I am waiting for the underworld as my house, if I have made my bed in the dark; | ||
| 14. | I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister. | If I have said to corruption, 'You are my father;' to the worm, 'My mother,' and 'my sister;' | If I say to the earth, You are my father; and to the worm, My mother and my sister; | ||
| 15. | And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it? | where then is my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it? | Where then is my hope? and who will see my desire? | ||
| 16. | They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust. | Shall it go down with me to the gates of Sheol{Sheol is the place of the dead.}, or descend together into the dust?" | Will they go down with me into the underworld? Will we go down together into the dust? | ||