22“For when a fewyearsarepast,I shall go the wayaof noreturn.
Job Seeks Hope
17“My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished;The 1,agrave is ready for me.2“aSurely mockers are with me,And my eye1gazes on their provocation.3“Establish, now, a pledgeafor me with Yourself;Who is there that will clap my handin pledge?4“For You have ahidden their heart from insight,Therefore You will not exaltthem.5“He who ainforms against friends for a shareof the spoil,The beyes of his children also will cometoanend.6“But He has made me a abyword of the people,And I am1one at whom men bspit.7“My eye has also grownadimbecause of grief,And all my bmembers are as a shadow.8“The upright will beappalled at this,And the ainnocent will stirup himself against the godless.9“Nevertheless athe righteous will hold to his way,And bhe who has cleanhands will growmightier and mightier.
