1 My spirit hath been destroyed, My days extinguished — graves [are] for me. VP
2 If not — mockeries [are] with me. And in their provocations mine eye lodgeth. VP
3 Place, I pray Thee, my pledge with Thee; Who is he that striketh hand with me? VP
4 For their heart Thou hast hidden From understanding, Therefore Thou dost not exalt them. VP
5 For a portion he sheweth friendship, And the eyes of his sons are consumed. VP
6 And he set me up for a proverb of the peoples, And a wonder before them I am. VP
7 And dim from sorrow is mine eye, And my members as a shadow all of them. VP
8 Astonished are the upright at this, And the innocent against the profane Stirreth himself up. VP
9 And the righteous layeth hold [on] his way, And the clean of hands addeth strength, And — dumb are they all. VP
10 Return, and come in, I pray you, And I find not among you a wise man. VP
11 My days have passed by, My devices have been broken off, The possessions of my heart! VP
12 Night for day they appoint, Light [is] near because of darkness. VP
13 If I wait — Sheol [is] my house, In darkness I have spread out my couch. VP
14 To corruption I have called: — 'Thou [art] my father.' 'My mother' and 'my sister' — to the worm. VP
15 And where [is] now my hope? Yea, my hope, who doth behold it? VP
16 [To] the parts of Sheol ye go down, If together on the dust we may rest. VP