Job 17

1'I am perishing, carried away by the wind; And I ask for a burial-place, but cannot obtain it.

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2I am tired of entreating, yet what have I done?

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3Strangers have stolen my possessions. Who is he? Let him join hands with me.

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4For You hid their heart from discernment; Therefore, You will not exalt them.

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5He will declare evils as their portion, But my eyes melt away because of my children.

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6'But You made me a byword among the people, And I have become an object of laughter to them.

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7For my eyes are petrified because of Your wrath, And I am greatly besieged by every one.

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8Amazement seizes true men because of this, And the righteous man rises against the lawless man.

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9May the faithful man hold to his way, And may those who have clean hands take courage.

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10'Nevertheless, all of you stick together, And indeed come, for I did not find you to be true.

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11My days have passed in groaning And my heartstrings are broken.

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12Light turned night into day. It is near at the appearance of darkness.

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13If I tarry, Hades is my home, And my bed is spread in darkness.

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14I called upon death to be my father And decay to be my mother and my sister.

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15Where then is my hope, Or where shall I see my good things?

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16Will they go down with me to Hades, Or shall we go down together in the tomb?'

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