The Book of Job

Chapter-17

Job 17:1 My spirit will be wasted, my days will be shortened, and only the grave will left for me.

 

Job 17:2 I have not sinned, yet my eye remains in bitterness.

 

Job 17:3 Free me, O Lord, and set me beside you, and let the hand of anyone you wish fight against me.

 

Job 17:4 You have set their heart far from discipline; therefore, they will not be praised.

 

Job 17:5 He promises prey to his companions, but the eyes of his sons will grow faint.

 

Job 17:6 He has posted me like a proverb to the people, and I am an example in their presence.

 

Job 17:7 My eyesight has been clouded by indignation, and my limbs have been reduced, as if to nothing.

 

Job 17:8 The just will be astounded over this, and the innocent will be stirred up against the hypocrite.

 

Job 17:9 And the just will cling to his way, and clean hands will increase strength.

 

Job 17:10 Therefore, be converted, all of you, and approach, for I do not find in you any wisdom.

 

Job 17:11 My days have passed away; my thoughts have been scattered, tormenting my heart.

 

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

 

Job 17:13 If I should wait, the underworld is my house, and in darkness I have spread out my bed.

 

Job 17:14 I have said to decay and to worms: “You are my father, my mother, and my sister.”

 

Job 17:15 Therefore, where is my expectation now, and who is it that considers my patience?

 

Job 17:16 Everything of mine will descend into the deepest underworld; do you think that, in that place at least, there will be rest for me?