- "My days are past, my plans are torn apart, Even the wishes of my heart.
- "They make night into day, saying, 'The light is near,' in the presence of darkness.
- "If I look for Sheol as my home, I make my bed in the darkness;
- If I call to the pit, 'You are my father'; To the worm, 'my mother and my sister';
- Where now is my hope? And who regards my hope?
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- My days have passed, my plans are shattered, and so are the desires of my heart.
- These men turn night into day; in the face of darkness they say, 'Light is near.'
- If the only home I hope for is the grave, if I spread out my bed in darkness,
- if I say to corruption, 'You are my father,' and to the worm, 'My mother' or 'My sister,'
- where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me?
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