Job 17
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1“My spirit is broken, My days are extinguished, The grave is ready for me.1“My spirit is broken; my days are extinct; the graveyard is ready for me.
2Are not mockers with me? And does not my eye dwell on their provocation?2Surely there are mockers about me, and my eye dwells on their provocation.
3“Now put down a pledge for me with Yourself. Who is he who will shake hands with me?3“Lay down a pledge for me with you; who is there who will put up security for me?
4For You have hidden their heart from understanding; Therefore You will not exalt them.4Since you have closed their hearts to understanding, therefore you will not let them triumph.
5He who speaks flattery to his friends, Even the eyes of his children will fail.5He 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 have become one in whose face men spit.6“He has made me a byword of the peoples, and I am one before whom men spit.
7My eye has also grown dim because of sorrow, And all my members are like shadows.7My eye has grown dim from vexation, and all my members are like a shadow.
8Upright men are astonished at this, And the innocent stirs himself up against the hypocrite.8The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent stirs himself up against the godless.
9Yet the righteous will hold to his way, And he who has clean hands will be stronger and stronger.9Yet the righteous holds to his way, and he who has clean hands grows stronger and stronger.
10“But please, come back again, all of you, For I shall not find one wise man among you.10But you, come on again, all of you, and I shall not find a wise man among you.
11My days are past, My purposes are broken off, Even the thoughts of my heart.11My days are past; my plans are broken off, the desires of my heart.
12They change the night into day; ‘The light is near,’ they say, in the face of darkness.12They make night into day: ‘The light,’ they say, ‘is near to the darkness.’
13If I wait for the grave as my house, If I make my bed in the darkness,13If I hope for Sheol as my house, if I make my bed in darkness,
14If I say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ And to the worm, ‘You are my mother and my sister,’14if I say to the pit, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’
15Where then is my hope? As for my hope, who can see it?15where then is my hope? Who will see my hope?
16Will they go down to the gates of Sheol? Shall we have rest together in the dust?”16Will it go down to the bars of Sheol? Shall we descend together into the dust?”
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