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¹ I perish, carried away by the wind, and I seek for burial, and obtain it not. ² Weary I intreat; and what have I done? and strangers have stolen my goods. ³ Who is this? let him join hands with me. ⁴ For thou hast hid their heart from wisdom; therefore thou shalt not exalt them. ⁵ He shall promise mischief to his companions: but their eyes have failed for their children. ⁶ But thou has made me a byword amount the nations, and I am become a scorn to them. ⁷ For my eyes are dimmed through pain; I have been grievously beset by all. ⁸ Wonder has seized true men upon this; and let the just rise up against the transgressor. ⁹ But let the faithful hold on his own way, and let him that is pure of hands take courage.

¹⁰  Howbeit, do ye all strengthen yourselves and come now, for I do not find truth in you. ¹¹ My days have passed in groaning, and my heart-strings are broken. ¹² I have turned the night into day: the light is short because of darkness. ¹³ For if I remain, Hades is my habitation: and my bed has been made in darkness. ¹⁴ I have called upon death to be my father, and corruption to be my mother and sister. ¹⁵ Where then is yet my hope? or where shall I see my good? ¹⁶ Will they go down with me to Hades, or shall we go down together to the tomb?