Job 17 (New International Version)
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My spirit1 is broken, my days are cut short,2 the grave awaits me.3
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Surely mockers4 surround me;5 my eyes must dwell on their hostility.
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"Give me, O God, the pledge you demand.6 Who else will put up security7 for me?8
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You have closed their minds to understanding;9 therefore you will not let them triumph.
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If a man denounces his friends for reward,10 the eyes of his children will fail.11
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"God has made me a byword12 to everyone,13 a man in whose face people spit.14
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My eyes have grown dim with grief;15 my whole frame is but a shadow.16
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Upright men are appalled at this; the innocent are aroused17 against the ungodly.
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Nevertheless, the righteous18 will hold to their ways, and those with clean hands19 will grow stronger.20
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"But come on, all of you, try again! I will not find a wise man among you.21
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My days have passed,22 my plans are shattered, and so are the desires of my heart.23
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These men turn night into day;24 in the face of darkness they say, 'Light is near.'25
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If the only home I hope for is the grave,a26 if I spread out my bed27 in darkness,28
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if I say to corruption,29 'You are my father,' and to the worm,30 'My mother' or 'My sister,'
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where then is my hope?31 Who can see any hope for me?32
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Will it go down to the gates of deathb ?33 Will we descend together into the dust?"34
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