1 My spirit will be wasted, my days will be shortened, and only the grave will 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?
Versículos relacionados com Job, 17:
In Job chapter 17, the protagonist continues to mourn his difficult situation and the lack of hope he feels about the future. He feels despised by his friends and abandoned by God. Following are five verses related to the topics covered in this chapter:
Psalm 88:8: "I pushed my acquaintances out of your eyes; I made myself a horror for them. I'm closed and I can't leave." This verse portrays the loneliness that Job feels and how he moved away from his acquaintances because of the suffering he is going through.
Isaiah 53:3: "He was despised, and the most rejected among men, a man of pain, and experienced in work; and, as one of whom men hid their face, was despised, and we did not do it at all." This verse talks about how Job feels despised and rejected by his friends and even God.
Psalm 88:15: "I am distressed and about to die from my youth; I carry upon me the terrors I provoke, and I am completely desperate." This verse describes Job's desperate condition, which feels that it has been carrying the weight of suffering since its youth.
Lamentations 3:18: "And said, My strength and my hope was consumed in the Lord." Job feels that he has lost all his strength and hope, especially in relation to God, and that he has nothing more to hold on.
Psalm 22:14: "I am poured out as water, and all my bones are distressed; my heart is like wax, melted in the middle of my bowels." This verse illustrates the physical and emotional weakness that Job feels, comparing it with water and melted wax.
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