I perish, carried away by the wind, and I seek for burial, and obtain [it] not.
Weary I intreat; and what have I done? and strangers have stolen my goods.
Who is this? let him join hands with me.
For thou hast hid their heart from wisdom; therefore thou shalt not exalt them.
He shall promise mischief to [his] companions: but [their] eyes have failed for [their] children.
But thou hast made me a byword among the nations, and I am become a scorn to them.
For my eyes are dimmed through pain; I have been grievously beset by all.
Wonder has seized true men upon this; and let the just rise up against the transgressor.
But let the faithful hold on his own way, and let him that is pure of hands take courage.
, do ye all strengthen [yourselves] and come now, for I do not find truth in you.
My days have passed in groaning, and my heart-strings are broken.
I have turned the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
For if I remain, is my habitation: and my bed has been made in darkness.
I have called upon death to be my father, and corruption [to be] my mother and sister.
Where then is yet my hope? or [where] shall I see my good?
Will they go down with me to Hades, or shall we go down together to the tomb?