1 M y spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, The grave is ready for me.

My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.

2 S urely there are mockers with me, And mine eye dwelleth upon their provocation.

Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?

3 G ive now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; Who is there that will strike hands with me?

Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?

4 F or thou hast hid their heart from understanding: Therefore shalt thou not exalt them.

For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.

5 H e that denounceth his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.

He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.

6 B ut he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face.

He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.

7 M ine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow.

Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.

8 U pright men shall be astonished at this, And the innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.

Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.

9 Y et shall the righteous hold on his way, And he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger.

The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

10 B ut as for you all, come on now again; And I shall not find a wise man among you.

But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.

11 M y days are past, my purposes are broken off, Even the thoughts of my heart.

My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.

12 T hey change the night into day: The light, say they, is near unto the darkness.

They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.

13 I f I look for Sheol as my house; If I have spread my couch in the darkness;

If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.

14 I f I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister;

I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.

15 W here then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?

And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?

16 I t shall go down to the bars of Sheol, When once there is rest in the dust.

They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.