| 17:1 |
My spirit is broken, my days are ended, the last resting-place is ready for me. |
| 17:2 |
Truly, those who make sport of me are round about me, and my eyes become dark because of their bitter laughing. |
| 17:3 |
Be pleased, now, to be responsible for me to yourself; for there is no other who will put his hand in mine. |
| 17:4 |
You have kept their hearts from wisdom: for this cause you will not give them honour. |
| 17:5 |
As for him who is false to his friend for a reward, light will be cut off from the eyes of his children. |
| 17:6 |
He has made me a word of shame to the peoples; I have become a mark for their sport. |
| 17:7 |
My eyes have become dark because of my pain, and all my body is wasted to a shade. |
| 17:8 |
The upright are surprised at this, and he who has done no wrong is troubled because of the evil-doers. |
| 17:9 |
Still the upright keeps on his way, and he who has clean hands gets new strength. |
| 17:10 |
But come back, now, all of you, come; and I will not see a wise man among you. |
| 17:11 |
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the desires of my heart. |
| 17:12 |
They are changing night into day; they say, The light is near the dark. |
| 17:13 |
If I am waiting for the underworld as my house, if I have made my bed in the dark; |
| 17:14 |
If I say to the earth, You are my father; and to the worm, My mother and my sister; |
| 17:15 |
Where then is my hope? and who will see my desire? |
| 17:16 |
Will they go down with me into the underworld? Will we go down together into the dust? |
