17:1 My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, The grave is (ready) for me.
17:1 "My spirit is broken, my days are extinguished, The grave is [ready] for me.

17:2 Surely there are mockers with me, And mine eye dwelleth upon their provocation.
17:2 "Surely mockers are with me, And my eye gazes on their provocation.

17:3 Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; Who is there that will strike hands with me?
17:3 "Lay down, now, a pledge for me with Thyself; Who is there that will be my guarantor?

17:4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: Therefore shalt thou not exalt (them).
17:4 "For Thou hast kept their heart from understanding; Therefore Thou wilt not exalt [them.]

17:5 He that denounceth his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.
17:5 "He who informs against friends for a share [of the spoil,] The eyes of his children also shall languish.

17:6 But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face.
17:6 "But He has made me a byword of the people, And I am one at whom men spit.

17:7 Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow.
17:7 "My eye has also grown dim because of grief, And all my members are as a shadow.

17:8 Upright men shall be astonished at this, And the innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.
17:8 "The upright shall be appalled at this, And the innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.

17:9 Yet shall the righteous hold on his way, And he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger.
17:9 "Nevertheless the righteous shall hold to his way, And he who has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger.

17:10 But as for you all, come on now again; And I shall not find a wise man among you.
17:10 "But come again all of you now, For I do not find a wise man among you.

17:11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, Even the thoughts of my heart.
17:11 "My days are past, my plans are torn apart, [Even] the wishes of my heart.

17:12 They change the night into day: The light, (say they), is near unto the darkness.
17:12 "They make night into day, [saying,] 'The light is near,' in the presence of darkness.

17:13 If I look for Sheol as my house; If I have spread my couch in the darkness;
17:13 "If I look for Sheol as my home, I make my bed in the darkness;

17:14 If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, (Thou art) my mother, and my sister;
17:14 If I call to the pit, 'You are my father'; To the worm, 'my mother and my sister';

17:15 Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?
17:15 Where now is my hope? And who regards my hope?

17:16 It shall go down to the bars of Sheol, When once there is rest in the dust.
17:16 "Will it go down with me to Sheol? Shall we together go down into the dust?"