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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1My spirit is broken, my days are cut short, the grave awaits me. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Surely mockers surround me; my eyes must dwell on their hostility. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3"Give me, O God, the pledge you demand. Who else will put up security for me? |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore you will not let them triumph. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5If anyone denounces their friends for reward, the eyes of their children will fail. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6"God has made me a byword to everyone, a man in whose face people spit. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7My eyes have grown dim with grief; my whole frame is but a shadow. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8The upright are appalled at this; the innocent are aroused against the ungodly. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Nevertheless, the righteous will hold to their ways, and those with clean hands will grow stronger. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10"But come on, all of you, try again! I will not find a wise man among you. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11My days have passed, my plans are shattered. Yet the desires of my heart |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12turn night into day; in the face of the darkness light is near. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13If the only home I hope for is the grave, if I spread out my bed in the realm of darkness, |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14if I say to corruption, 'You are my father,' and to the worm, 'My mother' or 'My sister,' |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15where then is my hope-- who can see any hope for me? |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Will it go down to the gates of death? Will we descend together into the dust?" |
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