1 My breath is corrupt: my dayes are cut off, and the graue is readie for me. 2 There are none but mockers with mee, and mine eye continueth in their bitternesse. 3 Lay downe nowe and put me in suretie for thee: who is hee, that will touch mine hand? 4 For thou hast hid their heart from vnderstanding: therefore shalt thou not set them vp on hie. 5 For the eyes of his children shall faile, that speaketh flattery to his friends. 6 Hee hath also made mee a byword of the people, and I am as a Tabret before them. 7 Mine eye therefore is dimme for griefe, and all my strength is like a shadowe. 8 The righteous shalbe astonied at this, and the innocent shalbe moued against ye hypocrite. 9 But the righteous wil holde his way, and he whose hands are pure, shall increase his strength. 10 All you therefore turne you, and come nowe, and I shall not finde one wise among you. 11 My dayes are past, mine enterprises are broken, and the thoughts of mine heart 12 Haue changed the nyght for the day, and the light that approched, for darkenesse. 13 Though I hope, yet the graue shall bee mine house, and I shall make my bed in the darke. 14 I shall say to corruption, Thou art my father, and to the worme, Thou art my mother and my sister. 15 Where is then now mine hope? or who shall consider the thing, that I hoped for? 16 They shall goe downe into the bottome of the pit: surely it shall lye together in the dust.
1 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me. 2 Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation? 3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me? 4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them . 5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail. 6 He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret. 7 Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow. 8 Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite. 9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
10 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you. 11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart. 12 They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness. 13 If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness. 14 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister. 15 And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it? 16 They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.