[1]
My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me. breath...: or, spirit is spent
[2]
Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation? continue: Heb. lodge
[3]
Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?
[4]
For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them .
[5]
He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
[6]
He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret. aforetime: or, before them
[7]
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow. my members: or, my thoughts
[8]
Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
[9]
The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. be...: Heb. add strength
[10]
But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
[11]
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart. the thoughts: Heb. the possessions
[12]
They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness. short: Heb. near
[13]
If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
[14]
I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister. said: Heb. cried, or, called
[15]
And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
[16]
They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.

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