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Job 17 (CEV)

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¹ My hopes have died, my time is up, and the grave is ready. ² All I can see are angry crowds, making fun of me. ³ If you, LORD, don't help, who will pay the price for my release? ⁴ My friends won't really listen, all because of you, and so you must be the one to prove them wrong. ⁵ They have condemned me, just to benefit themselves; now blind their children. ⁶ You, God, are the reason I am insulted and spit on. ⁷ I am almost blind with grief; my body is a mere shadow. ⁸ People who are truly good would feel so alarmed, that they would become angry at my worthless friends. ⁹ They would do the right thing and because they did, they would grow stronger. ¹⁰ But none of my friends show any sense. ¹¹ My life is drawing to an end; hope has disappeared. ¹² But all my friends can do is offer empty hopes. ¹³ I could tell the world below to prepare me a bed. ¹⁴ Then I could greet the grave as my father and say to the worms, "Hello, mother and sisters!" ¹⁵ But what kind of hope is that? ¹⁶ Will it keep me company in the world of the dead?