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1 “My spirit is broken; my days are extinct; the graveyard is ready for me.
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My spirit is broken, my days are extinct, the grave is ready for me.
2 Surely there are mockers about me, and my eye dwells on their provocation.
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Surely there are mockers around me, and my eye dwells on their provocation.
3 “Lay down a pledge for me with you; who is there who will put up security for me?
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"Lay down a pledge for me with yourself; who is there that will give surety for me?
4 Since you have closed their hearts to understanding, therefore you will not let them triumph.
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Since you have closed their minds to understanding, therefore you will not let them triumph.
5 He who informs against his friends to get a share of their property—the eyes of his children will fail.
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Those who denounce friends for reward— the eyes of their children will fail.
6 “He has made me a byword of the peoples, and I am one before whom men spit.
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"He has made me a byword of the peoples, and I am one before whom people spit.
7 My eye has grown dim from vexation, and all my members are like a shadow.
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My eye has grown dim from grief, and all my members are like a shadow.
8 The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent stirs himself up against the godless.
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The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent stir themselves up against the godless.
9 Yet the righteous holds to his way, and he who has clean hands grows stronger and stronger.
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Yet the righteous hold to their way, and they that have clean hands grow stronger and stronger.
10 But you, come on again, all of you, and I shall not find a wise man among you.
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But you, come back now, all of you, and I shall not find a sensible person among you.
11 My days are past; my plans are broken off, the desires of my heart.
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My days are past, my plans are broken off, the desires of my heart.
12 They make night into day: ‘The light, ’ they say, ‘is near to the darkness. ’
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They make night into day; "The light,' they say, "is near to the darkness.'
13 If I hope for Sheol as my house, if I make my bed in darkness,
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If I look for Sheol as my house, if I spread my couch in darkness,
14 if I say to the pit, ‘You are my father, ’and to the worm, ‘My mother, ’ or ‘My sister, ’
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if I say to the Pit, "You are my father,' and to the worm, "My mother,' or "My sister,'
15 where then is my hope? Who will see my hope?
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where then is my hope? Who will see my hope?
16 Will it go down to the bars of Sheol? Shall we descend together into the dust? ”
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Will it go down to the bars of Sheol? Shall we descend together into the dust?"
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