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| 1 My spirit, is broken, My days, are extinguished, Graves, are left me. |
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| 2 Verily there are mockers, with me! And, on their insults, mine eye doth rest. |
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| 3 Appoint it, I pray thee–be thou surety for me with thyself, Who is there that, on my side, can pledge himself? |
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| 4 For, their heart, hast thou kept back from understanding, On this account, thou wilt not exalt them. |
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| 5 He that, for a share, denounceth friends, even, the eyes of his children, shall be dim. |
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| 6 But he hath set me, as the byword of peoples, And, one to be spit on in the face, do I become. |
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| 7 Therefore hath mine eye become dim from vexation, and, my members, are like a shadow, all of them. |
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| 8 Upright men shall be astounded over this, and, the innocent, against the impious, shall rouse themselves. |
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| 9 That the righteous may hold on his way, and, the clean of hands, increase in strength. |
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| 10 But indeed, as for them all, will ye bethink yourselves and enter into it, I pray you? Or shall I not find, among you, one who is wise? |
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| 11 My days, are past, my purposes, are broken off, the possessions of my heart! |
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| 12 Night for day, they appoint, Light, is near, by reason of darkness! |
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| 13 If I wait for hades as my house, in darkness, have spread out my couch; |
The grave – Sheol, oblivion, death, not torment. E360, R2600:1
In the darkness – Not a place of blazing fire. R2599:2
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| 14 To corruption, have exclaimed, My father, thou! My mother! and My sister! to the worm. |
To corruption – To which my body turns; while my soul, my being, sleeps, inanimate, awaiting the resurrection. E360
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| 15 Where then would be my hope? And, as for my blessedness, who should see it! |
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| 16 With me to hades, would they go down, If, wholly–into the dust, is the descent! |
The bars of the pit – Sheol, oblivion, death. F360; R2600:1
Our rest together – Whether they have hope for an awakening or not, all find rest in the dust. E360
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