18:016:009 He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth
me: he gnasheth upon me
with
his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
18:016:010 They have gaped upon me with their mouth;
they have smitten me
upon
the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves
together
against me.
18:016:011 God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and
turned me over into
the
hands of the wicked.
18:016:012 I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder:
he hath also
taken
me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me
up
for
his mark.
18:016:013 His archers compass me round about, he
cleaveth my reins
asunder,
and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the
ground.
18:016:014 He breaketh me with breach upon breach,
he runneth upon me
like
a giant.
18:016:015 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and
defiled my horn in
the
dust.
18:016:016 My face is foul with weeping, and on my
eyelids is the shadow
of
death;
18:016:017 Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
18:016:018 O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let
my cry have no
place.
18:016:019 Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven,
and my record is on
high.
18:016:020 My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
18:016:021 O that one might plead for a man with God,
as a man pleadeth
for
his neighbour!
18:016:022 When a few years are come, then I shall
go the way whence I
shall
not return.
18:017:001 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct,
the graves are
ready
for me.
18:017:002 Are there not mockers with me? and doth
not mine eye continue
in
their provocation?
18:017:003 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee;
who is he that
will
strike hands with me?
18:017:004 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding:
therefore
shalt
thou not exalt them.
18:017:005 He that speaketh flattery to his friends,
even the eyes of his
children
shall fail.
18:017:006 He hath made me also a byword of the people;
and aforetime I
was
as a tabret.
18:017:007 Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow,
and all my members
are
as a shadow.
18:017:008 Upright men shall be astonied at this,
and the innocent shall
stir
up himself against the hypocrite.
18:017:009 The righteous also shall hold on his way,
and he that hath
clean
hands shall be stronger and stronger.
18:017:010 But as for you all, do ye return, and come
now: for I cannot
find
one wise man among you.


