17Job 17

1My spirit shall be wasted, my days shall be shortened and only the grave remaineth for me.Select Job 17:1

2I have not sinned, and my eye abideth in bitterness.Select Job 17:2

3Deliver me, O Lord, and set me beside thee, and let any man's hand fight against me.Select Job 17:3

4Thou hast set their heart far from understanding, therefore they shall not be exalted.Select Job 17:4

5He promiseth a prey to his companions, and the eyes of his children shall fail.Select Job 17:5

6He hath made me as it were a byword of the people, and I am an example before them.Select Job 17:6

7My eye is dim through indignation, and my limbs are brought as it were to nothing.Select Job 17:7

8The just shall be astonished at this, and the innocent shall be raised up against the hypocrite.Select Job 17:8

9And the just man shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.Select Job 17:9

10Wherefore be you all converted, and come, and I shall not find among you any wise man.Select Job 17:10

11My days have passed away, my thoughts are dissipated, tormenting my heart.Select Job 17:11

12They have turned night into day, and after darkness I hope for light again.Select Job 17:12

13If I wait hell is my house, and I have made my bed in darkness.Select Job 17:13

14I have said to rottenness: Thou art my father; to worms, my mother and my sister.Select Job 17:14

15Where is now then my expectation, and who considereth my patience?Select Job 17:15

16All that I have shall go down into the deepest pit: thinkest thou that there at least I shall have rest?Select Job 17:16