17:1 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves {are ready} for me.
17:1 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves {are ready} for me.

17:2 {Are there} not mockers with me? and doth not my eye continue in their provocation?
17:2 {Are there} not mockers with me? and doth not my eye continue in their provocation?

17:3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who {is} he {that} will strike hands with me?
17:3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who {is} he {that} will strike hands with me?

17:4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt {them}.
17:4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt {them}.

17:5 He that speaketh flattery to {his} friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
17:5 He that speaketh flattery to {his} friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.

17:6 He hath made me also a by-word of the people; and in former time I was as a tabret.
17:6 He hath made me also a byword of the people; and as one before whom men spit.

17:7 My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members {are} as a shade.
17:7 My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, 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 hypocrite.
17:8 Upright {men} shall be appalled at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.

17:9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
17:9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

17:10 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find {one} wise {man} among you.
17:10 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find {one} 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 purposes are broken off, {even} the thoughts of my heart.

17:12 They change the night into day: the light {is} short because of darkness.
17:12 They change the night into day: the light {is} short because of darkness.

17:13 If I wait, the grave {is} my house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
17:13 If I wait, the grave {is} my house: I have made my bed in the darkness.

17:14 I have said to corruption, Thou {art} my father: to the worm, {Thou art} my mother, and my sister.
17:14 I have said to corruption, Thou {art} my father: to the worm, {Thou art} my mother, and my sister.

17:15 And where {is} now my hope? as for my hope, who will see it?
17:15 And where {is} now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?

17:16 They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when {our} rest together {is} in the dust.
17:16 They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when {our} rest together {is} in the dust.