1<\/sup>My spirit will be wasted, my days will be shortened, and only the grave will left for me.<\/span> <\/p>\n 2<\/sup>I have not sinned, yet my eye remains in bitterness.<\/span> <\/p>\n 3<\/sup>Free me, O Lord, and set me beside you, and let the hand of anyone you wish fight against me.<\/span> <\/p>\n 4<\/sup>You have set their heart far from discipline; therefore, they will not be praised.<\/span> <\/p>\n 5<\/sup>He promises prey to his companions, but the eyes of his sons will grow faint.<\/span> <\/p>\n 6<\/sup>He has posted me like a proverb to the people, and I am an example in their presence.<\/span> <\/p>\n 7<\/sup>My eyesight has been clouded by indignation, and my limbs have been reduced, as if to nothing.<\/span> <\/p>\n 8<\/sup>The just will be astounded over this, and the innocent will be stirred up against the hypocrite.<\/span> <\/p>\n 9<\/sup>And the just will cling to his way, and clean hands will increase strength.<\/span> <\/p>\n 10<\/sup>Therefore, be converted, all of you, and approach, for I do not find in you any wisdom.<\/span> <\/p>\n 11<\/sup>My days have passed away; my thoughts have been scattered, tormenting my heart.<\/span> <\/p>\n 12<\/sup>They have turned night into day, and I hope for light again after the darkness.<\/span> <\/p>\n 13<\/sup>If I should wait, the underworld is my house, and in darkness I have spread out my bed.<\/span> <\/p>\n 14<\/sup>I have said to decay and to worms: “You are my father, my mother, and my sister.”<\/span> <\/p>\n 15<\/sup>Therefore, where is my expectation now, and who is it that considers my patience?<\/span> <\/p>\n 16<\/sup>Everything of mine will descend into the deepest underworld; do you think that, in that place at least, there will be rest for me?<\/span> <\/p>\n