| New American Standard Bible 1995 | English Standard Version |
| 1"My spirit is broken, my days are extinguished, The grave is ready for me. | 1“My spirit is broken; my days are extinct; the graveyard is ready for me. |
| 2"Surely mockers are with me, And my eye gazes on their provocation. | 2Surely there are mockers about me, and my eye dwells on their provocation. |
| 3"Lay down, now, a pledge for me with Yourself; Who is there that will be my guarantor? | 3“Lay down a pledge for me with you; who is there who will put up security for me? |
| 4"For You have kept their heart from understanding, Therefore You will not exalt them. | 4Since you have closed their hearts to understanding, therefore you will not let them triumph. |
| 5"He who informs against friends for a share of the spoil, The eyes of his children also will languish. | 5He who informs against his friends to get a share of their property— the eyes of his children will fail. |
| 6"But He has made me a byword of the people, And I am one at whom men spit. | 6“He has made me a byword of the peoples, and I am one before whom men spit. |
| 7"My eye has also grown dim because of grief, And all my members are as a shadow. | 7My eye has grown dim from vexation, and all my members are like a shadow. |
| 8"The upright will be appalled at this, And the innocent will stir up himself against the godless. | 8The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent stirs himself up against the godless. |
| 9"Nevertheless the righteous will hold to his way, And he who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger. | 9Yet the righteous holds to his way, and he who has clean hands grows stronger and stronger. |
| 10"But come again all of you now, For I do not find a wise man among you. | 10But you, come on again, all of you, and I shall not find a wise man among you. |
| 11"My days are past, my plans are torn apart, Even the wishes of my heart. | 11My days are past; my plans are broken off, the desires of my heart. |
| 12"They make night into day, saying, 'The light is near,' in the presence of darkness. | 12They make night into day: ‘The light,’ they say, ‘is near to the darkness.’ |
| 13"If I look for Sheol as my home, I make my bed in the darkness; | 13If I hope for Sheol as my house, if I make my bed in darkness, |
| 14If I call to the pit, 'You are my father'; To the worm, 'my mother and my sister'; | 14if I say to the pit, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’ |
| 15Where now is my hope? And who regards my hope? | 15where then is my hope? Who will see my hope? |
| 16"Will it go down with me to Sheol? Shall we together go down into the dust?" | 16Will it go down to the bars of Sheol? Shall we descend together into the dust?” |
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