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| 1 My spirit hath been destroyed, My days extinguished graves [are] for me. |
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| 2 If not mockeries [are] with me. And in their provocations mine eye lodgeth. |
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| 3 Place, I pray Thee, my pledge with Thee; Who is he that striketh hand with me |
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| 4 For their heart Thou hast hidden From understanding, Therefore Thou dost not exalt them. |
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| 5 For a portion he sheweth friendship, And the eyes of his sons are consumed. |
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| 6 And he set me up for a proverb of the peoples, And a wonder before them I am. |
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| 7 And dim from sorrow is mine eye, And my members as a shadow all of them. |
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| 8 Astonished are the upright at this, And the innocent against the profane Stirreth himself up. |
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| 9 And the righteous layeth hold [on] his way, And the clean of hands addeth strength, And dumb are they all. |
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| 10 Return, and come in, I pray you, And I find not among you a wise man. |
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| 11 My days have passed by, My devices have been broken off, The possessions of my heart! |
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| 12 Night for day they appoint, Light [is] near because of darkness. |
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| 13 If I wait Sheol [is] my house, In darkness I have spread out my couch.
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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 I have called: 'Thou [art] my father.' '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 And where [is] now my hope Yea, my hope, who doth behold it |
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| 16 [To] the parts of Sheol ye go down, If together on the dust we may rest. |
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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