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¹ My spirit is broken.² Surely mockers surround^(F1) me,
and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.^(C1)

³ Accept my pledge! Put up security for me.^(C1)
Who else will be my sponsor?^(F1)4 You have closed their minds to understanding,
therefore you will not honor them.⁵ If a man denounces his friends for a price,
the eyes of his children will fail.

⁶ He has made me an object of scorn to the people;
I have become a man people spit at.^(F1)(C1)7 My eyes have grown dim from grief,
and my whole body has become but a shadow.⁸ The upright are appalled^(C1) at this,
and the innocent are roused against the godless.⁹ Yet the righteous person will hold to his way,
and the one whose hands are clean^(C1) will grow stronger.¹⁰ But come back and try again, all of you.^(F1)
I will not find a wise man among you.

¹¹ My days have slipped by;
my plans have been ruined,
even the things dear to my heart.¹² They turned night into day
and made light seem near in the face of darkness.^(C1)13 If I await Sheol as my home,
spread out my bed in darkness,¹⁴ and say to corruption, “You are my father,”
and to the maggot, “My mother” or “My sister,”^(C1)15 where then is my hope?^(C1)
Who can see any hope for me?¹⁶ Will it go down to the gates of Sheol,^(C1)
or will we descend together to the dust?