3. Take my guarantee.Who else is willing to make an agreement?
4. You’ve closed their mind to insight;therefore, you won’t be exalted.
5. He denounces his friends for gain,and his children’s eyes fail.
6. He makes me a popular proverb;I’m like spit in people’s faces.
7. My eye is weak from grief;my limbs like a shadow—all of them.
8. Those who do the right thing are amazed at this;the guiltless become troubled about the godless.
9. The innocent clings to his way;the one whose hands are clean grows stronger.
10. But you can bring all of them again,and I won’t find a wise one among you.
11. My days have passed;my goals are destroyed, my heart’s desires.
12. They turn night into day;light is near because of the darkness.
13. If I hope for the underworld as my dwelling,lay out my bed in darkness,
14. I’ve called corruption "my father,"the worm, "my mother and sister."