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17:1  My spirit is broken; the days of my life are ·almost gone [extinguished]. The grave is ·waiting [ready] for me.
17:2  Those who ·laugh [mock; scoff] at me surround me; ·I watch them insult me [L My eye dwells/lodges on their obstinate behavior].
17:3  “·God, make me a promise [L Make a pledge for me with yourself]. ·No one will make a pledge for me [L Who else will clap hands with me; C a gesture that seals an agreement].
17:4  You have closed their minds to understanding. ·Do not let them win over me [L You will not let them triumph].
17:5  People might ·speak against [denounce] their friends for ·money [L a share; a piece of property], but if they do, the eyes of their children ·go blind [L will fade].
17:6  “God has made my name a ·curse word [L proverb; byword; 1 Kin. 9:7; 2 Chr. 7:20; Ps. 44:14; Jer. 24:9; Ezek. 14:8; Joel 2:17]; people spit in my face.
17:7  My sight has grown ·weak [dim] because of my ·sadness [grief], and my ·body [whole frame] is ·as thin as [L like] a shadow.
17:8  ·Honest [Virtuous] people are ·upset [depressed; desolated] about this; ·innocent [blameless] people are ·upset with [or aroused against] those who ·do wrong [or are godless].
17:9  But ·those who do right [the righteous] will ·continue to do right [L hold on to their way], and those whose hands are ·not dirty with sin [L clean; C in a ritual sense] will grow stronger.
17:10  “But, all of you, come ·and try again [L back now]! I ·do [or will] not find a wise person among you.
17:11  My days are gone, and my plans have been ·destroyed [L torn away], along with the desires of my heart.
17:12  ·These men think night is [L They make night into] day; ·when it is dark, they say, ‘Light is near [L light is near the darkness].’
17:13  If the only home I hope for is ·the grave [L Sheol; C the place of the dead], if I spread out my bed in darkness,
17:14  if I say to the ·grave [L pit], ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘You are my mother’ or ‘You are my sister,’
17:15  where, then, is my hope? Who can see any hope for me?
17:16  Will hope go down to the gates of ·death [L Sheol; 17:13]? Will we go down together into the dust?”