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<poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/17-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“For You have <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>kept<MH6845> their hearts<MH3820> away<MH6845> from understanding<MH7922>; <t><p class="indent1">Therefore<MH5921, 3651> You will not exalt<MH7311> <i>them.</i> <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/17-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“He who informs<MH5046> against friends<MH7453> for a share<MH2506> <i>of the spoils,</i> <t><p class="indent1">The eyes<MH5869> of his children<MH1121> also will perish<MH3615>. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/17-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“But He has made<MH3322> me a proverb<MH4912> <i>among</i> the people<MH5971a>, <t><p class="indent1">And I am<MH1961> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[e]</a></span>one at whom people spit<MH8611>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/17-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“My eye<MH5869> has also become<MH3543a> inexpressive<MH3543a> because<MH4480> of grief<MH3708b>, <t><p class="indent1">And all<MH3605> my body<MH3338> parts<MH3338> are like a shadow<MH6738>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/17-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“The upright<MH3477> will be<MH8074> appalled<MH8074> at this<MH2088>, <t><p class="indent1">And the innocent<MH5355a> will stir<MH5782> himself up<MH5782> against<MH5921> the godless<MH2611>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/17-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“Nevertheless the righteous<MH6662> will hold<MH270> to his way<MH1870>, <t><p class="indent1">And the one who has clean<MH2889> hands<MH3027> will grow<MH3254> stronger<MH555> and stronger<MH555>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/17-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“But come<MH935> again<MH7725> all<MH3605> of <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[f]</a></span>you now<MH4994>, <t><p class="indent1">For I do not find<MH4672> a wise<MH2450> man<MH2450> among you. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/17-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“My days<MH3117> are<MH5674a> past<MH5674a>, my plans<MH2154> are torn<MH5423> apart<MH5423>, <t><p class="indent1">The wishes<MH4180> of my heart<MH3824>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/17-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“They make<MH7760> night<MH3915> into day<MH3117>, <i>saying,</i> <t><p class="indent1">‘The light<MH216> is near<MH7138>,’ in the presence<MH6440> of darkness<MH2822>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/17-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“If<MH518> I hope<MH6960a> for <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[g]</a></span>Sheol<MH7585> as my home<MH1004>, <t><p class="indent1">I <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[h]</a></span>make<MH7502> my bed<MH3326> in the darkness<MH2822>; <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/17-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><i>If</i> I call<MH7121> to the grave<MH7845>, ‘You are my father<MH1>’; <t><p class="indent1">To the maggot<MH7415>, ‘my mother<MH517> and my sister<MH269>’; <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/17-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Where<MH346> then<MH645> is my hope<MH8615b>? <t><p class="indent1">And who<MH4310> looks<MH7789> at<MH7789> my hope<MH8615b>? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/17-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[i]</a></span>Will it go<MH3381> down<MH3381> with me to Sheol<MH7585>? <t><p class="indent1">Shall we together<MH3162> go<MH5181> down<MH5181> into the dust<MH6083>?”<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Lit <i>graves are</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">2</span> Lit <i>dwells</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> Lit <i>strike hands with me</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">4</span> Lit <i>hidden</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[e]</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> Lit <i>a spitting to the faces</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[f]</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> As in some mss and ancient versions; MT <i>them</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[g]</span> <span class="fnverse">13</span> I.e., the netherworld<br><span class="footnotesbot">[h]</span> <span class="fnverse">13</span> Lit <i>spread out</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[i]</span> <span class="fnverse">16</span> As in LXX; Heb possibly <i>Let my</i> limbs <i>sink down to Sheol, since there is rest in the dust for all.</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">New American Standard Bible<br>Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020<br>by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. 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