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1. "My spirit is broken, my days used up, my grave dug and waiting.
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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. See how these mockers close in on me? How long do I have to put up with their insolence?
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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. "O God, pledge your support for me. Give it to me in writing, with your signature. You're the only one who can do it!
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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. These people are so useless! You know firsthand how stupid they can be. You wouldn't let them have the last word, would you?
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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. Those who betray their own friends leave a legacy of abuse to their children.
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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. "God, you've made me the talk of the town-- people 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. I can hardly see from crying so much; I'm nothing but skin and bones.
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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. Decent people can't believe what they're seeing; the good-hearted wake up and insist I've given up on God.
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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. "But principled people hold tight, keep a firm grip on life, sure that their clean, pure hands will get 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. "Maybe you'd all like to start over, to try it again, the bunch of you. So far I haven't come across one scrap of wisdom in anything you've said.
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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 life's about over. All my plans are smashed, all my hopes are snuffed out--
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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. My hope that night would turn into day, my hope that dawn was about to break.
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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 all I have to look forward to is a home in the graveyard, if my only hope for comfort is a well-built coffin,
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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 a family reunion means going six feet under, and the only family that shows up is worms,
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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. Do you call that hope? Who on earth could find any hope in that?
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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. No. If hope and I are to be buried together, I suppose you'll all come to the double funeral!"
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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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