Job 17
1 spiritus meus adtenuabitur dies mei breviabuntur et solum mihi superest sepulchrum
My spirit shall be wasted, my days shall be shortened, and only the grave remaineth for me.
2 non peccavi et in amaritudinibus moratur oculus meus
I have not sinned, and my eye abideth in bitterness.
3 libera me et pone iuxta te et cuiusvis manus pugnet contra me
Deliver me O Lord, and set me beside thee, and let any man’s hand fight against me.
4 cor eorum longe fecisti a disciplina et propterea non exaltabuntur
Thou hast set their heart far from understanding, therefore they shall not be exalted.
5 praedam pollicetur sociis et oculi filiorum eius deficient
He promiseth a prey to his companions, and the eyes of his children shall fail.
6 posuit me quasi in proverbium vulgi et exemplum sum coram eis
He hath made me as it were a byword of the people, and I am an example before them.
7 caligavit ab indignatione oculus meus et membra mea quasi in nihili redacta sunt
My eye is dim through indignation, and my limbs are brought as it were to nothing.
8 stupebunt iusti super hoc et innocens contra hypocritam suscitabitur
The just shall be astonished at this, and the innocent shall be raised up against the hypocrite.
9 et tenebit iustus viam suam et mundis manibus addet fortitudinem
And the just man shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
10 igitur vos omnes convertimini et venite et non inveniam in vobis ullum sapientem
Wherefore be you all converted, and come, and I shall not find among you any wise man.
11 dies mei transierunt cogitationes meae dissipatae sunt torquentes cor meum
My days have passed away, my thoughts are dissipated, tormenting my heart.
12 noctem verterunt in diem et rursum post tenebras spero lucem
They have turned night into day, and after darkness I hope for light again.
If I wait hell is my house, and I have made my bed in darkness. (Sheol h7585)
14 putredini dixi pater meus es mater mea et soror mea vermibus
If I have said to rottenness: Thou art my father; to worms, my mother and my sister.
15 ubi est ergo nunc praestolatio mea et patientiam meam quis considerat
Where is now then my expectation, and who considereth my patience?
