4 Thou hast withholden their hearts from understanding, therefore shall they not be set up on high.
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 promiseth his friends part of his good, but his own children spend it.
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 Mine eye is dim for very heaviness, and all my strength is become like a shadow.
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 Virtuous men therefore shall well consider this, and the innocent shall take part against the hypocrite.
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 The righteous also will keep his way, and he that hath clean hands, will ever be stronger and stronger.
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."
11 My days are past, my thoughts are vanished away, which have vexed 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 changing the night into day, and the light into 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 Though I tarry never so much, yet the grave is my house, and I must make my bed in the dark.
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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