Book - Job - Chapter = 17 --> NLT
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"My spirit is crushed, and I am near death. The grave is ready to receive me.
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I am surrounded by mockers. I watch how bitterly they taunt me.
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"You must defend my innocence, O God, since no one else will stand up for me.
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You have closed their minds to understanding, but do not let them triumph.
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They denounce their companions for their own advantage, so let their children faint with hunger.
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"God has made a mockery of me among the people; they spit in my face.
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My eyes are dim with weeping, and I am but a shadow of my former self.
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The upright are astonished when they see me. The innocent are aroused against the ungodly.
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The righteous will move onward and forward, and those with pure hearts will become stronger and stronger.
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"As for all of you, come back and try again! But I will not find a wise man among you.
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My days are over. My hopes have disappeared. My heart's desires are broken.
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They say that night is day and day is night; how they pervert the truth!
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I might go to the grave and make my bed in darkness.
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And I might call the grave my father, and the worm my mother and my sister.
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But where then is my hope? Can anyone find it?
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No, my hope will go down with me to the grave. We will rest together in the dust!"