4 For, their heart, hast thou kept back from understanding, On this account, thou wilt not exalt them.
4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.
4 You have closed their minds to understanding,therefore You will not honor them.
4 "Because you're the one who closed their hearts to compassion; therefore, you won't let them triumph.
5 He that, for a share, denounceth friends, even, the eyes of his children, shall be dim.
5 “He who (E)informs against friends for a share of the spoil,The (F)eyes of his children also will languish.
5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.
5 If a man informs on his friends for a price,the eyes of his children will fail.
5 Now as for the one who testifies against his friends to take their property, even the eyes of his children will fail.
7 Therefore hath mine eye become dim from vexation, and, my members, are like a shadow, all of them.
7 Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
7 My eyes have grown dim from grief,and my whole body has become but a shadow.
7 My eyes have grown weak from grief; and my whole body is as thin as a shadow.
8 Upright men shall be astounded over this, and, the innocent, against the impious, shall rouse themselves.
8 “The upright will be appalled at this,And the (K)innocent will stir up himself against the godless.
8 Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
8 The upright are appalled over this, and the innocent person is troubled by the godless.
9 That the righteous may hold on his way, and, the clean of hands, increase in strength.
9 “Nevertheless (L)the righteous will hold to his way,And (M)he who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.
9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
9 Yet the righteous person will hold to his way,and the one whose hands are clean(F) will grow stronger.
9 But the righteous person will hold to his way, and those with clean hands will grow stronger and stronger."
10 But indeed, as for them all, will ye bethink yourselves and enter into it, I pray you? Or shall I not find, among you, one who is wise?
10 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.
10 "Come here now, all of you, and I won't find a wise person among you.
11 My days, are past, my purposes, are broken off, the possessions of my heart!
11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
11 My days have slipped by;my plans have been ruined,even the things dear to my heart.
11 My days are passed; my plans have been shattered; along with my heart's desires.
12 Night for day, they appoint, Light, is near, by reason of darkness!
12 “They make night into day, saying,‘The light is near,’ in the presence of darkness.
12 They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
12 They have transformed night into day "The light,' they say, "is about to become dark.'
13 If I wait for hades as my house, in darkness, have spread out my couch;
13 If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
13 If I await Sheol as my home,spread out my bed in darkness,
13 "If my hope were that my house is the afterlife itself, if I were to make my bed in darkness,
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