« | Job 17 | » |
1 I perish, carried away by the wind, and I seek for burial, and obtain it not.
2 Weary I intreat; and what have I done? And strangers have stolen my goods.
3 Who is this? Let him join hands with me.
4 For You have hid their heart from wisdom, therefore You shall not exalt them.
5 He shall promise mischief to [his] companions: but [their] eyes have failed for their children.
6 But You have made me a byword among the nations, and I have become a scorn to them.
7 For my eyes are dimmed through pain, I have been grievously beset by all.
8 Wonder has seized true men upon this, and let the just rise up against the transgressor.
9 But let the faithful hold on his own way, and let him that is pure of hands take courage.
10 How do you all strengthen [yourselves] and come now, for I do not find truth in you.
11 My days have passed in groaning, and my heart strings are broken.
12 I have turned the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
13 For if I remain, Hades is my habitation: and my bed has been made in darkness.
14 I have called upon death to be my father, and corruption [to be] my mother and sister.
15 Where then is yet my hope? Or where shall I see my good?
16 Will they go down with me to Hades, or shall we go down together to the tomb?
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