Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
“
My spirit is
broken;
my days are
extinguished ;
the
grave
awaits
me.
My spirit hath
been
destroyed,
My days extinguished --
graves
`are'
for
me.
Surely
mockers
surround
me ,
and my
eyes
must
gaze
at
their rebellion
.
If
not
--
mockeries
`are'
with
me .
And in
their provocations
mine
eye
lodgeth
.
Give
me
, I pray, the
pledge You
demand.
Who else
will
be
my
guarantor
?
Place
, I pray Thee
, my
pledge with
Thee;
Who is
he
that
striketh
hand
with
me
?
You
have
closed
their minds
to
understanding ;
therefore You
will
not exalt them.
For
their heart
Thou
hast
hidden
From
understanding ,
Therefore Thou
dost
not exalt them.
If
a
man
denounces
his
friends
for a price
, the eyes of his children
will
fail
.
For a portion
he
sheweth
friendship
, And
the eyes of his sons
are
consumed
.
He has
made
me a byword
among
the people
, a man
in
whose
face
they
spit
.
And
he set
me up
for
a proverb
of
the peoples
, And
a wonder
before
them
I
am
.
My
eyes
have
grown
dim with
grief
, and my whole
body
is
but
a shadow.
And
dim from
sorrow
is
mine
eye
, And my members
as
a shadow all
of
them
.
The upright are
appalled
at this, and the innocent are
stirred
against the godless
.
Astonished
are
the upright at this, And the innocent against the profane
Stirreth
himself
up
.
Yet
a
righteous one
holds
to
his way, and the one
with
clean hands grows
stronger
.
And
the
righteous layeth
hold
`on'
his way, And the clean of
hands addeth
strength,
And
--
dumb
are
they
all
.
But
come
back
and try
again
, all
of
you .
For
I will
not
find a wise man among
you
.
Return,
and come
in
, I
pray
you ,
And
I find not
among
you
a wise man.
My days have passed ;
my plans
are
broken off —
even
the desires
of my heart .
My days have passed by,
My devices
have
been
broken off ,
The possessions
of my heart !
They
have
turned
night into
day, making
light seem
near in
the
face
of darkness.
Night for
day they
appoint
, Light `is'
near because
of darkness.
If I look
for
Sheol as
my home
, if
I spread out my bed
in
darkness,
If I wait
--
Sheol `is'
my house
, In
darkness
I have
spread out my couch.
and
say
to corruption ,
‘You
are
my father ,’
and
to
the
worm,
‘
My mother ,’
or
‘
My sister ,’
To corruption I
have
called:
--
`Thou
`art'
my father .'
`
My mother '
and
`
my sister '
--
to
the
worm.
where then
is my hope? Who
can
see
any
hope for
me
?
And
where `
is '
now
my hope? Yea,
my
hope ,
who
doth
behold
it
?
Will
it
go
down
to the gates
of Sheol ?
Will
we
go down together into
the dust ?”
`
To '
the parts
of Sheol ye
go down ,
If
together on
the dust we
may
rest.
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