[1]My breathH7307is corruptH2254[H8795], my daysH3117are extinctH2193[H8738], the graves are ready for meH6913.[2]Are there not mockersH2049with me? and doth not mine eyeH5869continueH3885[H8799]in their provocationH4784?[H8687][3]Lay downH7760[H8798]now, put me in a suretyH6148[H8798]with thee; who is he that will strikeH8628[H8735]hands with meH3027?[4]For thou hast hidH6845[H8804]their heartH3820from understandingH7922: therefore shalt thou not exaltH7311themH8787.[5]He that speakethH5046[H8686]flatteryH2506to his friendsH7453, even the eyesH5869of his childrenH1121shall failH3615.[H8799][6]He hath madeH3322[H8689]me also a bywordH4914of the peopleH5971; and aforetimeH6440I was as a tabretH8611.[7]Mine eyeH5869also is dimH3543[H8799]by reason of sorrowH3708, and all my membersH3338are as a shadowH6738.[8]UprightH3477men shall be astoniedH8074[H8799]at this, and the innocentH5355shall stir upH5782[H8709]himself against the hypocriteH2611.[9]The righteousH6662also shall holdH270[H8799]on his wayH1870, and he that hath cleanH2890handsH3027shall beH3254[H8686]stronger and strongerH555.[10]ButH199as for you all, do ye returnH7725[H8799], and come nowH935[H8798]: for I cannot findH4672[H8799]one wise man among youH2450.[11]My daysH3117are pastH5674[H8804], my purposesH2154are broken offH5423[H8738], even the thoughtsH4180of my heartH3824.[12]They changeH7760[H8799]the nightH3915into dayH3117: the lightH216is shortH7138becauseH6440of darknessH2822.[13]If I waitH6960[H8762],the graveH7585is mine houseH1004: I have madeH7502[H8765]my bedH3326in the darknessH2822.[14]I have saidH7121[H8804]to corruptionH7845, Thou art my fatherH1: to the wormH7415, Thou art my motherH517, and my sisterH269.[15]And where is nowH645my hopeH8615? as for my hopeH8615, who shall seeH7789itH8799?[16]They shall go downH3381[H8799]to the barsH905of the pitH7585, when our restH5183togetherH3162is in the dustH6083.