Hiob 17

1My spirit is consumed, and my days are over; 2Surely there are mockers with me; 3Give now a pledge, be a guarantee for me with yourself; 4For you, God, have kept their hearts from understanding; 5He who denounces his friends for a reward, 6But he has made me a byword of the people; 7My eye is also dim because of sorrow; 8Upright men will be stunned by this; 9The righteous man will keep to his way; 10But as for you all, come on now; 11My days are past; my plans are shattered, Some modern versions have My days are past, as are my plans. The wishes of my heart are finished or ... the strings of my heart have been broken . Others have My days are past; my plans are over, as are the wishes of my heart 12These people, these mockers, change the night into day; 13If the only home I hope for is Sheol; 14and if I have said to the pit, 'You are my father,' 15where then is my hope?