1
My breath[H7307] is corrupt[H2254], my days[H3117] are extinct[H2193], the graves[H6913] are ready for me.
2
Are there not mockers[H2049] with me? and doth not mine eye[H5869]continue[H3885] in their provocation?[H4784]
3
Lay down[H7760] now, put me in a surety[H6148] with thee; who is he that will strike[H8628]hands[H3027] with me?
4
For thou hast hid[H6845] their heart[H3820] from understanding[H7922]: therefore shalt thou not exalt[H7311] them.
5
He that speaketh[H5046]flattery[H2506] to his friends[H7453], even the eyes[H5869] of his children[H1121] shall fail[H3615].
6
He hath made[H3322] me also a byword[H4914] of the people[H5971]; and aforetime[H6440] I was as a tabret[H8611].
7
Mine eye[H5869] also is dim[H3543] by reason of sorrow[H3708], and all my members[H3338] are as a shadow[H6738].
8Upright[H3477] men shall be astonied[H8074] at this, and the innocent[H5355] shall stir up[H5782] himself against the hypocrite[H2611].
9
The righteous[H6662] also shall hold[H270] on his way[H1870], and he that hath clean[H2890]hands[H3027] shall be[H3254]stronger[H555] and stronger[H555].
10But[H199] as for you all, do ye return[H7725], and come now[H935]: for I cannot find[H4672] one wise[H2450] man among you.
11
My days[H3117] are past[H5674], my purposes[H2154] are broken off[H5423], even the thoughts[H4180] of my heart[H3824].
12
They change[H7760] the night[H3915] into day[H3117]: the light[H216] is short[H7138]because[H6440] of darkness[H2822].
13
If I wait[H6960], the grave[H7585] is mine house[H1004]: I have made[H7502] my bed[H3326] in the darkness[H2822].
14
I have said[H7121] to corruption[H7845], Thou art my father[H1]: to the worm[H7415], Thou art my mother[H517], and my sister[H269].
15
And where is now[H645] my hope?[H8615] as for my hope[H8615], who shall see[H7789] it?
16
They shall go down[H3381] to the bars[H905] of the pit[H7585], when our rest[H5183]together[H3162] is in the dust[H6083].