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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 Accept my pledge! Put up security for me. ⓐ Who else will be my sponsor? [2]

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

⁵ If a man denounces 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. [3] ⓑ

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. [4] 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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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	Accept my pledge! Put up security for me. ⓐ Who else will be my sponsor? [2]
4	You have closed their minds to understanding, therefore you will not honor them.
5	If a man denounces 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. [3] ⓑ
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. [4] 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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