1: My spirit is broken, my days are ended, the last resting-place is ready for me. 2: Truly, those who make sport of me are round about me, and my eyes become dark because of their bitter laughing. 3: Be pleased, now, to be responsible for me to yourself; for there is no other who will put his hand in mine. 4: You have kept their hearts from wisdom: for this cause you will not give them honour. 5: As for him who is false to his friend for a reward, light will be cut off from the eyes of his children. 6: He has made me a word of shame to the peoples; I have become a mark for their sport. 7: My eyes have become dark because of my pain, and all my body is wasted to a shade. 8: The upright are surprised at this, and he who has done no wrong is troubled because of the evil-doers. 9: Still the upright keeps on his way, and he who has clean hands gets new strength. 10: But come back, now, all of you, come; and I will not see a wise man among you. 11: My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the desires of my heart. 12: They are changing night into day; they say, The light is near the dark. 13: If I am waiting for the underworld as my house, if I have made my bed in the dark; 14: If I say to the earth, You are my father; and to the worm, My mother and my sister; 15: Where then is my hope? and who will see my desire? 16: Will they go down with me into the underworld? Will we go down together into the dust?
