New American Standard Bible NAS
English Standard Version ESV
1 "My spirit is broken, my days are extinguished, The grave is ready for me.
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"My spirit is broken; my days are extinct; the graveyard is ready for me.
2 "Surely mockers are with me, And my eye gazes on their provocation.
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Surely there are mockers about me, and my eye dwells on their provocation.
3 "Lay down, now, a pledge for me with Yourself; Who is there that will be my guarantor ?
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"Lay down a pledge for me with yourself; who is there who will put up security for me?
4 "For You have kept their heart from understanding, Therefore You will not exalt them.
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Since you have closed their hearts to understanding, therefore you will not let them triumph.
5 "He who informs against friends for a share of the spoil, The eyes of his children also will languish.
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He who informs against his friends to get a share of their property-- the eyes of his children will fail.
6 "But He has made me a byword of the people, And I am one at whom men spit.
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"He has made me a byword of the peoples, and I am one before whom men spit.
7 "My eye has also grown dim because of grief, And all my members are as a shadow.
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My eye has grown dim from vexation, and all my members are like a shadow.
8 "The upright will be appalled at this, And the innocent will stir up himself against the godless.
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The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent stirs himself up against the godless.
9 "Nevertheless the righteous will hold to his way, And he who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.
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Yet the righteous holds to his way, and he who has clean hands grows stronger and stronger.
10 "But come again all of you now, For I do not find a wise man among you.
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But you, come on again, all of you, and I shall not find a wise man among you.
11 "My days are past, my plans are torn apart, Even the wishes 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, saying, 'The light is near,' in the presence of darkness.
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They make night into day: 'The light,' they say, 'is near to the darkness.'
13 "If I look for Sheol as my home, I make my bed in the darkness;
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If I hope for Sheol as my house, if I make my bed in darkness,
14 If I call to the pit, 'You are my father '; To the worm, 'my mother and 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 now is my hope? And who regards my hope?
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where then is my hope? Who will see my hope?
16 "Will it go down with me to Sheol? Shall we together go down 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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