Job 17
1My ruach is broken, 1 my yamim are extinct, 1 the kevarim are ready for me. 1
2Does not hatulim (mockery) surround me? 1 And doth not mine eye continue in their provocation? 1
3Lay down an eravon (pledge) with Thee; 1 who is he that will put up security for me? 1
4For Thou hast hid their lev from seichel; 1 therefore shalt Thou not exalt them. 1
5He that informs on re'im for chelek, 1 even the eyes of his banim shall fail. 1
6He hath made me also a mashal (byword) of the peoples; 1 and I am one in whose face they spit. 1
7Mine eye also is dim by reason of ka'as, 1 and all my members are like a tzel (shadow). 1
8Yesharim shall be appalled at this 1 and the naki (pure, innocent) shall stir up himself against the chanef (profane, irreligious). 1
9The tzaddik also shall hold to his derech, 1 and he whose yadayim are tahor shall grow stronger and stronger. 1
10But as for all you, do ye return, and come back now; 1 for I cannot find one chacham among you. 1
11My yamim are past, 1 my plans are broken, 1 even the morashot (possessions, desires) of my lev. 1
12They change the lailah into yom; 1 the ohr is near to choshech, say they. 1
13If I wait, Sheol is mine bais; 1 I have made my bed in the choshech. 1
14I have said to Shachat, thou art avi; 1 to the worm, thou art immi, and achoti. 1
15And where is now my tikveh? 1 As for my tikveh, who regards it? 1
16Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? 1 Shall we go down together into the dust?