New Living Translation | New International Version |
1“My spirit is crushed, and my life is nearly snuffed out. The grave is ready to receive me. | 1My spirit is broken, my days are cut short, the grave awaits me. |
2I am surrounded by mockers. I watch how bitterly they taunt me. | 2Surely 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. | 3"Give me, O God, the pledge you demand. Who else will put up security for me? |
4You have closed their minds to understanding, but do not let them triumph. | 4You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore you will not let them triumph. |
5They betray their friends for their own advantage, so let their children faint with hunger. | 5If 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. | 6"God has made me a byword to everyone, a man in whose face people spit. |
7My eyes are swollen with weeping, and I am but a shadow of my former self. | 7My eyes have grown dim with grief; my whole frame is but a shadow. |
8The virtuous are horrified when they see me. The innocent rise up against the ungodly. | 8The upright are appalled at this; the innocent are aroused against the ungodly. |
9The righteous keep moving forward, and those with clean hands become stronger and stronger. | 9Nevertheless, the righteous will hold to their ways, and those with clean hands will grow stronger. |
10“As for all of you, come back with a better argument, though I still won’t 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 are over. My hopes have disappeared. My heart’s desires are broken. | 11My days have passed, my plans are shattered. Yet the desires of my heart |
12These men say that night is day; they claim that the darkness is light. | 12turn night into day; in the face of the darkness light is near. |
13What if I go to the grave and make 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, |
14What if I call the grave my father, and the maggot 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? Can anyone find it? | 15where then is my hope-- who can see any hope for me? |
16No, my hope will go down with me to the grave. We will rest together in the dust!” | 16Will it go down to the gates of death? Will we descend together into the dust?" |
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