17My spirit is broken, my days are cut short, the grave awaits me.H7307H2254H3117H2193H69132Surely mockers surround me; my eyes must dwell on their hostility.H2049H5869H3885H47843"Give me, O God, the pledge you demand. Who else will put up security for me?H7760H6148H8628H30274You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore you will not let them triumph.H6845H3820H7922H73115If a man denounces his friends for reward, the eyes of his children will fail.H5046H2506H7453H5869H1121H36156"God has made me a byword to everyone, a man in whose face people spit.H3322H4914H5971H6440H86117My eyes have grown dim with grief; my whole frame is but a shadow.H5869H3543H3708H3338H67388Upright men are appalled at this; the innocent are aroused against the ungodly.H3477H8074H5355H5782H26119Nevertheless, the righteous will hold to their ways, and those with clean hands will grow stronger.H6662H270H1870H2890H3027H3254H55510"But come on, all of you, try again! I will not find a wise man among you.H199H7725H935H4672H245011My days have passed, my plans are shattered, and so are the desires of my heart.H3117H5674H2154H5423H4180H382412These men turn night into day; in the face of darkness they say, 'Light is near.'H7760H3915H3117H216H7138H6440H282213If the only home I hope for is the grave, if I spread out my bed in darkness,H6960H7585H1004H7502H3326H282214if I say to corruption, 'You are my father,' and to the worm, 'My mother' or 'My sister,'H7121H7845H1H7415H517H26915where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me?H645H8615H8615H778916Will it go down to the gates of death? Will we descend together into the dust?"H3381H905H7585H5183H3162H6083