My breath{H7307} is corrupt{H2254}{(H8795)}, my days{H3117} are extinct{H2193}{(H8738)}, the graves{H6913} are ready for me.

Are there not mockers{H2049} with me? and doth not mine eye{H5869} continue{H3885}{(H8799)} in their provocation{H4784}{(H8687)}?

Lay down{H7760}{(H8798)} now, put me in a surety{H6148}{(H8798)} with thee; who is he that will strike{H8628}{(H8735)} hands{H3027} with me?

For thou hast hid{H6845}{(H8804)} their heart{H3820} from understanding{H7922}: therefore shalt thou not exalt{H7311}{(H8787)} them.

He that speaketh{H5046}{(H8686)} flattery{H2506} to his friends{H7453}, even the eyes{H5869} of his children{H1121} shall fail{H3615}{(H8799)}.

He hath made{H3322}{(H8689)} me also a byword{H4914} of the people{H5971}; and aforetime{H6440} I was as a tabret{H8611}.

Mine eye{H5869} also is dim{H3543}{(H8799)} by reason of sorrow{H3708}, and all my members{H3338} are as a shadow{H6738}.

Upright{H3477} men shall be astonied{H8074}{(H8799)} at this, and the innocent{H5355} shall stir up{H5782}{(H8709)} himself against the hypocrite{H2611}.

The righteous{H6662} also shall hold{H270}{(H8799)} on his way{H1870}, and he that hath clean{H2890} hands{H3027} shall be{H3254}{(H8686)} stronger and stronger{H555}.

But{H199} as for you all, do ye return{H7725}{(H8799)}, and come now{H935}{(H8798)}: for I cannot find{H4672}{(H8799)} one wise{H2450} man among you.

My days{H3117} are past{H5674}{(H8804)}, my purposes{H2154} are broken off{H5423}{(H8738)}, even the thoughts{H4180} of my heart{H3824}.

They change{H7760}{(H8799)} the night{H3915} into day{H3117}: the light{H216} is short{H7138} because{H6440} of darkness{H2822}.

If I wait{H6960}{(H8762)}, the grave{H7585} is mine house{H1004}: I have made{H7502}{(H8765)} my bed{H3326} in the darkness{H2822}.

I have said{H7121}{(H8804)} to corruption{H7845}, Thou art my father{H1}: to the worm{H7415}, Thou art my mother{H517}, and my sister{H269}.

And where is now{H645} my hope{H8615}? as for my hope{H8615}, who shall see{H7789}{(H8799)} it?

They shall go down{H3381}{(H8799)} to the bars{H905} of the pit{H7585}, when our rest{H5183} together{H3162} is in the dust{H6083}.