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| [1]My breath is corrupt: my days are cut off, and the grave is ready for me. |
[1]I perish, carried away by the wind, and I seek for burial, and obtain it not. |
| [2]There are none but mockers with me, and mine eye continueth in their bitterness. |
[2]Weary I intreat; and what have I done? and strangers have stolen my goods. |
| [3]Lay down now and put me in surety for thee: who is he, that will touch mine hand? |
[3]Who is this? let him join hands with me. |
| [4]For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not set them up on high. |
[4]For thou hast hid their heart from wisdom; therefore thou shalt not exalt them. |
| [5]For the eyes of his children shall fail, that speaketh flattery to his friends. |
[5]He shall promise mischief to his companions: but their eyes have failed for their children. |
| [6]He hath also made me a byword of the people, and I am as a tabret before them. |
[6]But thou has made me a byword amount the nations, and I am become a scorn to them. |
| [7]Mine eye therefore is dim for grief, and all my strength is like a shadow. |
[7]For my eyes are dimmed through pain; I have been grievously beset by all. |
| [8]The righteous shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall be moved against the hypocrite. |
[8]Wonder has seized true men upon this; and let the just rise up against the transgressor. |
| [9]But the righteous will hold his way, and he whose hands are pure, shall increase his strength. |
[9]But let the faithful hold on his own way, and let him that is pure of hands take courage. |
| [10]All you therefore turn you, and come now, and I shall not find one wise among you. |
[10] Howbeit, do ye all strengthen yourselves and come now, for I do not find truth in you. |
| [11]My days are past, mine enterprises are broken , and the thoughts of mine heart |
[11]My days have passed in groaning, and my heart-strings are broken. |
| [12]Have changed the night for the day, and the light that approached, for darkness. |
[12]I have turned the night into day: the light is short because of darkness. |
| [13]Though I hope, yet the grave shall be mine house, and I shall make my bed in the dark. |
[13]For if I remain, Hades is my habitation: and my bed has been made in darkness. |
| [14]I shall say to corruption, Thou art my father, and to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister. |
[14]I have called upon death to be my father, and corruption to be my mother and sister. |
| [15]Where is then now mine hope? Or who shall consider the thing, that I hoped for? |
[15]Where then is yet my hope? or where shall I see my good? |
| [16]They shall go down into the bottom of the pit: surely it shall lie together in the dust. |
[16]Will they go down with me to Hades, or shall we go down together to the tomb? |