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