17:1 My spirit is broken, 1
my days have faded out, 2
the grave 3 awaits me.
17:2 Surely mockery 4 is with me; 5
my eyes must dwell on their hostility. 6
17:3 Make then my pledge 7 with you.
Who else will put up security for me? 8
17:4 Because 9 you have closed their 10 minds to understanding,
therefore you will not exalt them. 11
17:5 If a man denounces his friends for personal gain, 12
the eyes of his children will fail.
17:6 He has made me 13 a byword 14 to people,
I am the one in whose face they spit. 15
17:7 My eyes have grown dim 16 with grief;
my whole frame 17 is but a shadow.
17:8 Upright men are appalled 18 at this;
the innocent man is troubled 19 with the godless.
17:9 But the righteous man holds to his way,
and the one with clean hands grows stronger. 20
17:10 “But turn, all of you, 21 and come 22 now! 23
I will not find a wise man among you.