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  17:1 ¶
My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, The grave is [ready] for me. |
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17:1 ¶
My breath°
is corrupt,°°
my days°
are extinct,°°
the graves°
[are ready] for me. |
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17:2
Surely there are mockers with me, And mine eye dwelleth upon their provocation. |
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17:2
[Are there] not°
mockers°
with°
me? and doth not mine eye°
continue°°
in their provocation?°° |
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17:3
Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; Who is there that will strike hands with me? |
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17:3
Lay down°°
now,°
put me in a surety°°
with°
thee; who°
[is] he°
[that] will strike°°
hands°
with me? |
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17:4
For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: Therefore shalt thou not exalt [them]. |
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17:4
For°
thou hast hid°°
their heart°
from understanding:°°
therefore°°
shalt thou not°
exalt°°
[them]. |
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17:5
He that denounceth his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail. |
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17:5
He that speaketh°°
flattery°
to [his] friends,°
even the eyes°
of his children°
shall fail.°° |
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17:6
But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face. |
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17:6
He hath made°°
me also a byword°
of the people;°
and aforetime°
I was°
as a tabret.° |
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17:7
Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow. |
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17:7
Mine eye°
also is dim°°
by reason of sorrow,°°
and all°
my members°
[are] as a shadow.° |
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17:8
Upright men shall be astonished at this, And the innocent shall stir up himself against the godless. |
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17:8
Upright°
[men] shall be astonied°°
at°
this,°
and the innocent°
shall stir up°°
himself°
against°
the hypocrite.° |
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17:9
Yet shall the righteous hold on his way, And he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger. |
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17:9
The righteous°
also shall hold°°
on his way,°
and he that hath clean°°
hands°
shall be°°
stronger and stronger.°° |
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17:10
But as for you all, come on now again; And I shall not find a wise man among you. |
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17:10
But°
as for you all,°
do ye return,°°
and come°
now:°°°
for I cannot°
find°°
[one] wise°
[man] among you. |
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17:11
My days are past, my purposes are broken off, Even the thoughts of my heart. |
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17:11
My days°
are past,°°
my purposes°
are broken off,°°
[even] the thoughts°
of my heart.° |
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17:12
They change the night into day: The light, [say they], is near unto the darkness. |
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17:12
They change°°
the night°
into day:°
the light°
[is] short°
because°°
of darkness.° |
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17:13
If I look for Sheol as my house; If I have spread my couch in the darkness; |
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17:13
If°
I wait,°°
the grave°
[is] mine house:°
I have made°°
my bed°
in the darkness.° |
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17:14
If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister; |
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17:14
I have said°°
to corruption,°
Thou°
[art] my father:°
to the worm,°
[Thou art] my mother,°
and my sister.° |
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17:15
Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it? |
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17:15
And where°
[is] now°
my hope?°
as for my hope,°
who°
shall see°°
it? |
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17:16
It shall go down to the bars of Sheol, When once there is rest in the dust. |
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17:16
They shall go down°°
to the bars°
of the pit,°
when°
[our] rest°
together°
[is] in°
the dust.° |
