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¹ My spirit is broken. My days are extinguished. A graveyard ⓐ awaits me.

² Surely mockers surround [1] me and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion. ⓑ

³ Make arrangements! Put up security for me. [2] ⓒ Who else will be my sponsor? [3]

⁴ You have closed their minds to understanding, therefore You will not honor them.

⁵ If a man informs on his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.

⁶ He has made me an object of scorn to the people; I have become a man people spit at. [4] ⓓ

⁷ My eyes have grown dim from grief, and my whole body has become but a shadow.

⁸ The upright are appalled ⓔ at this, and the innocent are roused against the godless.

⁹ Yet the righteous person will hold to his way, and the one whose hands are clean ⓕ will grow stronger.

¹⁰ But come back and try again, all of you. [5] I will not find a wise man among you.

¹¹ My days have slipped by; my plans have been ruined, even the things dear to my heart.

¹² They turned night into day and made light seem near in the face of darkness. ⓖ

¹³ If I await Sheol as my home, spread out my bed in darkness,

¹⁴ and say to corruption: You are my father, and to the maggot: My mother or my sister, ⓗ

¹⁵ where then is my hope? ⓘ Who can see any hope for me?

¹⁶ Will it go down to the gates of Sheol, ⓙ or will we descend together to the dust?

#	HCSB
1	My spirit is broken. My days are extinguished. A graveyard ⓐ awaits me.
2	Surely mockers surround [1] me and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion. ⓑ
3	Make arrangements! Put up security for me. [2] ⓒ Who else will be my sponsor? [3]
4	You have closed their minds to understanding, therefore You will not honor them.
5	If a man informs on his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.
6	He has made me an object of scorn to the people; I have become a man people spit at. [4] ⓓ
7	My eyes have grown dim from grief, and my whole body has become but a shadow.
8	The upright are appalled ⓔ at this, and the innocent are roused against the godless.
9	Yet the righteous person will hold to his way, and the one whose hands are clean ⓕ will grow stronger.
10	But come back and try again, all of you. [5] I will not find a wise man among you.
11	My days have slipped by; my plans have been ruined, even the things dear to my heart.
12	They turned night into day and made light seem near in the face of darkness. ⓖ
13	If I await Sheol as my home, spread out my bed in darkness,
14	and say to corruption: You are my father, and to the maggot: My mother or my sister, ⓗ
15	where then is my hope? ⓘ Who can see any hope for me?
16	Will it go down to the gates of Sheol, ⓙ or will we descend together to the dust?

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