17:1 I perish, carried away by the wind, and
I seek for burial, and obtain [it] not.
17:2 Weary I intreat; and what have I done? and strangers have stolen my
goods.
17:3 Who is this? let him join hands with me.
17:4 For thou hast hid their heart from wisdom; therefore thou shalt not
exalt them.
17:5 He shall promise mischief to [his] companions: but [their] eyes have
failed for [their] children.
17:6 But thou has made me a byword amount the nations, and I am become a
scorn to them.
17:7 For my eyes are dimmed through pain; I have been grievously beset by
all.
17:8 Wonder has seized true men upon this; and let the just rise up against
the transgressor.
17:9 But let the faithful hold on his own way, and let him that is pure of
hands take courage.
17:10 Howbeit, do ye all strengthen [yourselves] and come now, for I do not
find truth in you.
17:11 My days have passed in groaning, and my heart-strings are broken.
17:12 I have turned the night into day: the light is short because of
darkness.
17:13 For if I remain, Hades is my habitation: and my bed has been made in
darkness
17:14 I have called upon death to be my father, and corruption [to be] my
mother and sister.
17:15 Where then is yet my hope? or [where] shall I see my good?
17:16 Will they go down with me to Hades, or shall we go down together to
the tomb? |
17:1 My breath is corrupt, my days are
extinct, the graves are ready for me.
17:2 Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their
provocation?
17:3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike
hands with me?
17:4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou
not exalt them.
17:5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children
shall fail.
17:6 He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a
tabret.
17:7 Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a
shadow.
17:8 Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up
himself against the hypocrite.
17:9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands
shall be stronger and stronger.
17:10 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one
wise man among you.
17:11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my
heart.
17:12 They change the night into day: the light is short because of
darkness.
17:13 If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the
darkness.
17:14 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art
my mother, and my sister.
17:15 And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
17:16 They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is
in the dust. |