Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
WEB
World English Bible
“
My spirit is broken;
my days are extinguished;
the grave awaits
me.
"
My spirit is consumed,
my days are extinct,
And
the grave is
ready
for
me.
Surely mockers surround
me, and
my eyes
must
gaze
at
their rebellion
.
Surely there
are
mockers with
me, My eye
dwells
on
their provocation
.
Give me,
I
pray,
the
pledge You
demand
. Who else
will be
my
guarantor
?
"Now
give a
pledge ,
be
collateral
for
me
with
yourself
. Who is
there
who
will strike
hands
with
me
?
You have closed
their minds
to
understanding ;
therefore You will
not exalt them.
For
you have hidden
their heart
from
understanding ,
Therefore shall
you not exalt them.
If
a
man
denounces his friends for a price
, the eyes of his children will
fail.
He
who
denounces his friends for a prey
, Even
the eyes of his children shall
fail.
He has made me a byword among
the people ,
a
man
in
whose
face
they spit.
"But
he has made me a byword of
the people .
They spit in
my
face
.
My eyes
have
grown
dim with
grief,
and
my whole
body
is
but
a shadow.
My eye
also
is
dim by
reason
of
sorrow.
All
my members
are
as
a shadow.
The
upright are
appalled
at this ,
and
the innocent are
stirred
against the godless.
Upright men
shall
be
astonished
at this .
The innocent shall
stir
up
himself
against the godless.
Yet a
righteous one
holds
to
his way ,
and
the
one
with
clean hands grows
stronger.
Yet shall
the
righteous hold
on
his way .
He
who
has
clean hands shall
grow
stronger and
stronger
.
But come back
and
try
again ,
all
of
you.
For
I will
not find a wise man among you.
But as
for
you
all,
come on
now
again ;
I shall
not find a wise man among you.
My days have
passed;
my plans are broken off —
even
the desires
of my heart.
My days are
past,
my plans are broken off ,
As
are
the thoughts
of my heart.
They have
turned
night into day, making
light seem
near in the face
of darkness.
They change
the
night into day, Saying
'The
light is
near '
in the presence
of darkness.
If I look for Sheol as my home
, if I spread out
my bed
in darkness,
If I look for Sheol as my house
, If I have
spread my couch
in the
darkness,
and
say
to corruption, ‘
You are my father ,’
and
to the worm, ‘
My mother, ’
or
‘
My sister ,’
If
I
have
said
to corruption, '
You are my father ;'
To the worm, '
My mother, '
and
'
my sister ;'
where then is my hope? Who can
see any
hope
for
me
?
Where then is my hope? As
for
my
hope,
who shall
see it
?
Will
it go down to the gates of Sheol ?
Will
we
go
down
together into the dust? ”
Shall
it go down with
me
to the gates of Sheol ,
Or
descend
together into the dust? "
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