American Standard Version (ASV) With Strong Codes

1. My spirit[H7307] is consumed[H2254], my days[H3117] are extinct[H2193], The grave is ready for me[H6913].

2. Surely there are mockers[H2049] with me[H5869], And mine eye dwelleth[H3885] upon their provocation[H4784].

3. Give[H7760] now a pledge[H6148], be surety for me with thyself[H8628]; Who is there that will strike hands with me[H3027]?

4. For thou hast hid[H6845] their heart[H3820] from understanding[H7922]: Therefore shalt thou not exalt them[H7311].

5. He that denounceth[H5046] his friends[H7453] for a prey[H2506], Even the eyes[H5869] of his children[H1121] shall fail[H3615].

6. But he hath made[H3322] me a byword[H4914] of the people[H5971]; And they[H6440] spit in my face[H8611].

7. Mine eye[H5869] also is dim[H3543] by reason of sorrow[H3708], And all my members[H3338] are as a shadow[H6738].

8. Upright[H3477] men shall be astonished[H8074] at this[H5355], And the innocent shall stir up[H5782] himself against the godless[H2611].

9. Yet shall the righteous[H6662] hold[H270] on his way[H1870], And he that hath clean[H2890] hands[H3027] shall wax[H3254] stronger and stronger[H555].

10. But[H199] as for you all[H7725], come on now[H935] again[H4672]; And I shall not find a wise man among you[H2450].

11. My days[H3117] are past[H5674], my purposes[H2154] are broken off[H5423], Even the thoughts[H4180] of my heart[H3824].

12. They change[H7760] the night[H3915] into day[H3117]: The light[H216], say they[H7138], is near unto[H6440] the darkness[H2822].

13. If I look[H6960] for Sheol[H7585] as my house[H1004]; If I have spread[H7502] my couch[H3326] in the darkness[H2822];

14. If I have said[H7121] to corruption[H7845], Thou art my father[H1]; To the worm[H7415], Thou art my mother[H517], and my sister[H269];

15. Where then is[H645] my hope[H8615]? And as for my hope[H8615], who shall see it[H7789]?

16. It shall go down[H3381] to the bars[H905] of Sheol[H7585], When once there is rest[H5183] in[H3162] the dust[H6083].