Job 17
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1“My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me.1My spirit is broken, my days are cut short, the grave awaits me.
2Surely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.2Surely mockers surround me; my eyes must dwell on their hostility.
3Give me, I pray, the pledge You demand. Who else will be my guarantor?3"Give me, O God, the pledge you demand. Who else will put up security for me?
4You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore You will not exalt them.4You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore you will not let them triumph.
5If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.5If anyone denounces their friends for reward, the eyes of their children will fail.
6He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.6"God has made me a byword to everyone, a man in whose face people spit.
7My eyes have grown dim with grief, and my whole body is but a shadow.7My eyes have grown dim with grief; my whole frame is but a shadow.
8The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent are stirred against the godless.8The upright are appalled at this; the innocent are aroused against the ungodly.
9Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.9Nevertheless, the righteous will hold to their ways, and those with clean hands will grow stronger.
10But come back and try again, all of you. For I will not find a wise man among you.10"But come on, all of you, try again! I will not find a wise man among you.
11My days have passed; my plans are broken off—even the desires of my heart.11My days have passed, my plans are shattered. Yet the desires of my heart
12They have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness.12turn night into day; in the face of the darkness light is near.
13If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,13If the only home I hope for is the grave, if I spread out my bed in the realm of darkness,
14and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’14if I say to corruption, 'You are my father,' and to the worm, 'My mother' or 'My sister,'
15where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me?15where then is my hope-- who can see any hope for me?
16Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”16Will it go down to the gates of death? Will we descend together into the dust?"
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