1My spirit is crushed, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
2Are there not mockers with me? Do I not witness their continued provocation?
3Lay down Your pledge of surety with me; who else but You will stand up for me?
4For You have closed their minds to understanding; so please do not let them prevail.
5He that speaks flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
6He has also made me a byword to everyone, a man in whose face people spit.
7My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are like a shadow.
8Upright men shall be appalled at this, and the righteous shall stir himself up against the godless hypocrite.
9They shall also cling to the way of integrity, and he that has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger.
10But as for you all, return with better comments; for I cannot find one wise man among you.
11My days are over, my hopes are crushed, even the thoughts of my heart.
12They change night into day; the light is scarce because of darkness.
13If I wait, the grave is my home; I have made my bed in the darkness.
14I have said to corruption, ‘You are my father’; to the worm, ‘You are my mother, and my sister’.
15And where then is my hope, or who can see any hope for me?
16They Will it go down to the gates of death? Will we descend together into the dust.” Easy Reader Bible: Purple Letter Edition © 2023 by Jim Musser. Used by Permission. All rights Reserved. Bible Hub |
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