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1. My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, The grave is ready for me.
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1. My breath H7307 is corrupt H2254 , my days H3117 are extinct H2193 , the graves H6913 are ready for me.
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2. Surely there are mockers with me, And mine eye dwelleth upon their provocation.
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2. Are there not H3808 mockers H2049 with H5978 me? and doth not mine eye H5869 continue H3885 in their provocation H4784 ?
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3. Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; Who is there that will strike hands with me?
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3. Lay down H7760 now H4994 , put me in a surety H6148 with H5973 thee; who H4310 is he H1931 that will strike H8628 hands H3027 with me?
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4. For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: Therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
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4. For H3588 thou hast hid H6845 their heart H3820 from understanding H4480 H7922 : therefore H3651 H5921 shalt thou not H3808 exalt H7311 them .
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5. He that denounceth his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.
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5. He that speaketh H5046 flattery H2506 to his friends H7453 , even the eyes H5869 of his children H1121 shall fail H3615 .
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6. But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face.
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6. He hath made H3322 me also a byword H4914 of the people H5971 ; and formerly H6440 I was H1961 as a tabret H8611 .
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7. Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow.
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7. Mine eye H5869 also is dim H3543 by reason of sorrow H4480 H3708 , and all H3605 my members H3338 are as a shadow H6738 .
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8. Upright men shall be astonished at this, And the innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.
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8. Upright H3477 men shall be astonished H8074 at H5921 this H2063 , and the innocent H5355 shall stir up himself H5782 against H5921 the hypocrite H2611 .
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9. Yet shall the righteous hold on his way, And he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger.
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9. The righteous H6662 also shall hold H270 on his way H1870 , and he that hath clean H2889 hands H3027 shall be stronger and stronger H3254 H555 .
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10. But as for you all, come on now again; And I shall not find a wise man among you.
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10. But H199 as for you all H3605 , do ye return H7725 , and come H935 now H4994 : for I cannot H3808 find H4672 one wise H2450 man among you.
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11. My days are past, my purposes are broken off, Even the thoughts of my heart.
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11. My days H3117 are past H5674 , my purposes H2154 are broken off H5423 , even the thoughts H4180 of my heart H3824 .
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12. They change the night into day: The light, say they, is near unto the darkness.
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12. They change H7760 the night H3915 into day H3117 : the light H216 is short H7138 because H4480 H6440 of darkness H2822 .
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13. If I look for Sheol as my house; If I have spread my couch in the darkness;
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13. If H518 I wait H6960 , the grave H7585 is mine house H1004 : I have made H7502 my bed H3326 in the darkness H2822 .
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14. If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister;
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14. I have said H7121 to corruption H7845 , Thou H859 art my father H1 : to the worm H7415 , Thou art my mother H517 , and my sister H269 .
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15. Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?
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15. And where H346 is now H645 my hope H8615 ? as for my hope H8615 , who H4310 shall see H7789 it?
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16. It shall go down to the bars of Sheol, When once there is rest in the dust.
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16. They shall go down H3381 to the bars H905 of the pit H7585 , when H518 our rest H5183 together H3162 is in H5921 the dust H6083 .
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