New Living Translation NLT
New International Version NIV
1 “My spirit is crushed, and my life is nearly snuffed out. The grave is ready to receive me.
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My spirit is broken, my days are cut short, the grave awaits me.
2 I am surrounded by mockers. I watch how bitterly they taunt me.
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Surely mockers surround me; my eyes must dwell on their hostility.
3 “You must defend my innocence, O God, since no one else will stand up for me.
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“Give me, O God, the pledge you demand. Who else will put up security for me?
4 You have closed their minds to understanding, but do not let them triumph.
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You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore you will not let them triumph.
5 They betray their friends for their own advantage, so let their children faint with hunger.
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If anyone denounces their friends for reward, the eyes of their children will fail.
6 “God has made a mockery of me among the people; they spit in my face.
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“God has made me a byword to everyone, a man in whose face people spit.
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