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The end of my life is near. I can hardly breathe; there is nothing left for me but the grave. |
2
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I watch how bitterly everyone mocks me. |
3
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I am being honest, God. Accept my word. There is no one else to support what I say. |
4
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You have closed their minds to reason; don't let them triumph over me now. |
5
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In the old proverb someone betrays his friends for money, and his children suffer for it. |
6
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And now people use this proverb against me; they come and spit in my face. |
7
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My grief has almost made me blind; my arms and legs are as thin as shadows. |
8
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Those who claim to be honest are shocked, and they all condemn me as godless. |
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Those who claim to be respectable are more and more convinced they are right. |
10
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But if all of them came and stood before me, I would not find even one of them wise. |
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My days have passed; my plans have failed; my hope is gone. |
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But my friends say night is daylight; they say that light is near, but I know I remain in darkness. |
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My only hope is the world of the dead, where I will lie down to sleep in the dark. |
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I will call the grave my father, and the worms that eat me I will call my mother and my sisters. |
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Where is there any hope for me? Who sees any? |
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Hope will not go with me when I go down to the world of the dead. |
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