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17:1  My spirit is broken. The days of my life are almost gone. The grave is waiting for me.
17:2  Those who laugh at me surround me. I watch them insult me.
17:3  “God, make me a promise. No one else will make a promise for me.
17:4  You have closed the minds of my friends so they do not understand. So you will not let them win over me.
17:5  A man might speak against his friends for money. But if he does, the eyes of his children go blind.
17:6  “God has caused people to use my name as a curse word. People spit in my face.
17:7  My sight has grown weak because of my sadness. My body is so thin it’s like a shadow.
17:8  Honest people are upset about this. Innocent people are upset with people who do wrong.
17:9  But people who do right will continue to do right. And those whose hands are not dirty with sin will grow stronger.
17:10  “But, all of you, come and try again! I do not find a wise man among you!
17:11  My days are gone, and my plans have been destroyed. The desires of my heart are also destroyed.
17:12  These men think night is day. When it is dark, they say, ‘Light is near.’
17:13  It might be that the only home I hope for is where the dead are. I might spread out my bed in darkness.
17:14  I might say to the grave, ‘You are my father.’ And I might say to the worm, ‘You are my mother’ or ‘You are my sister.’
17:15  If these things are true, I have no hope. No one can see any hope for me.
17:16  Hope will go down to the gates of death. We will go down together into the dust.”