CPDV - Job - 17

17:1  My spirit will be wasted, my days will be shortened, and only the grave will be left for me.

17:2  I have not sinned, yet my eye remains in bitterness.

17:3  Free me, O Lord, and set me beside you, and let the hand of anyone you wish fight against me.

17:4  You have set their heart far from discipline; therefore, they will not be praised.

17:5  He promises prey to his companions, but the eyes of his sons will grow faint.

17:6  He has posted me like a proverb to the people, and I am an example in their presence.

17:7  My eyesight has been clouded by indignation, and my limbs have been reduced, as if to nothing.

17:8  The just will be astounded over this, and the innocent will be stirred up against the hypocrite.

17:9  And the just will cling to his way, and clean hands will increase strength.

17:10  Therefore, be converted, all of you, and approach, for I do not find in you any wisdom.

17:11  My days have passed away; my thoughts have been scattered, tormenting my heart.

17:12  They have turned night into day, and I hope for light again after the darkness.

17:13  If I should wait, the underworld is my house, and in darkness I have spread out my bed.

17:14  I have said to decay and to worms: “You are my father, my mother, and my sister.”

17:15  Therefore, where is my expectation now, and who is it that considers my patience?

17:16  Everything of mine will descend into the deepest underworld; do you think that, in that place at least, there will be rest for me?