8. The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent excites himself over the godless.
9. But the righteous holds on to his way, and he who has clean hands increases in strength.
10. But all of you must return—please come! But I shall not find a wise person among you.
11. “My days are past; my plans are broken down— even the desires of my heart.
12. They make night into day, saying, ‘Light is near to darkness.’
13. If I hope for Sheol as my house, if I spread my couch in the darkness,
14. if I call to the pit, ‘You are my father,’ to the maggot, ‘You are my mother or my sister,’
15. where then is my hope? And who will see my hope?
16. Will they go down to the bars of Sheol? Or shall we descend together into the dust?”