1 My spirit will be wasted, my days will be shortened, and only the grave will be left for me. 2 I have not sinned, yet my eye remains in bitterness. 3 Free me, O Lord, and set me beside you, and let the hand of anyone you wish fight against me. 4 You have set their heart far from discipline; therefore, they will not be praised. 5 He promises prey to his companions, but the eyes of his sons will grow faint. 6 He has posted me like a proverb to the people, and I am an example in their presence. 7 My eyesight has been clouded by indignation, and my limbs have been reduced, as if to nothing. 8 The just will be astounded over this, and the innocent will be stirred up against the hypocrite. 9 And the just will cling to his way, and clean hands will increase strength. 10 Therefore, be converted, all of you, and approach, for I do not find in you any wisdom. 11 My days have passed away; my thoughts have been scattered, tormenting my heart. 12 They have turned night into day, and I hope for light again after the darkness. 13 If I should wait, the underworld is my house, and in darkness I have spread out my bed. 14 I have said to decay and to worms: “You are my father, my mother, and my sister.” 15 Therefore, where is my expectation now, and who is it that considers my patience? 16 Everything of mine will descend into the deepest underworld; do you think that, in that place at least, there will be rest for me?
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- Esther and Daniel are the Vulgate books (Esther 1–16 with the Greek additions as chapters 10:4–16; Daniel 1–14 with the Song of the Three, Susanna and Bel). Baruch 6 is the Letter of Jeremiah.
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Cross references (16)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Isaiah 38:10–14; Psalm 88:3–5; Job 17:13–14; Job 42:16; Job 6:11
- 2 Job 12:4; Job 16:20; 1 Samuel 1:6–7; Matthew 27:39–44; Psalm 35:14–16
- 3 Hebrews 7:22; Proverbs 11:15; Isaiah 38:14; Genesis 44:32; Psalm 119:122
- 4 Matthew 11:25; Matthew 13:11; 2 Samuel 17:14; Isaiah 19:14; 1 Corinthians 1:20
- 5 Psalm 12:2–3; Proverbs 20:19; Proverbs 29:5; Exodus 20:5; 1 Kings 11:12
- 6 Job 30:9; Psalm 44:14; 1 Kings 9:7; Isaiah 5:12; Genesis 31:27
- 7 Psalm 6:7; Job 16:16; Psalm 31:9–10; Ecclesiastes 6:12; Lamentations 5:17
- 8 Habakkuk 1:13; Ecclesiastes 5:8; Job 34:30; Job 22:19; Romans 11:33
- 9 Proverbs 4:18; Isaiah 1:15–16; Job 22:30; Psalm 84:7; 2 Corinthians 12:9–10
- 10 Job 42:7; Job 6:29; 1 Corinthians 1:20; 1 Corinthians 6:5; Job 17:4
- 11 Job 7:6; Isaiah 38:10; Proverbs 16:9; James 4:13–15; Isaiah 8:10
- 12 Job 24:14–16; Job 7:13–14; Job 7:3–4; Deuteronomy 28:67
- 13 Job 10:21–22; Job 30:23; Job 3:13; Psalm 139:8; Job 14:14
- 14 Psalm 16:10; Job 24:20; Acts 13:34–37; Job 21:32–33; Job 30:30
- 15 Job 13:15; Job 19:10; Job 4:6; Job 6:11; Job 7:6
- 16 Job 3:17–19; Jonah 2:6; Ezekiel 37:11; Isaiah 38:17–18; Job 18:13–14
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