Job 17:10-16

New Century Version

¹⁰ “But, all of you, come and try again!
    I do not find a wise person among you.
¹¹ My days are gone, and my plans have been destroyed,
    along with the desires of my heart.
¹² These men think night is day;
    when it is dark, they say, ‘Light is near.’
¹³ If the only home I hope for is the grave,
    if I spread out my bed in darkness,
¹⁴ if I say to the grave, ‘You are my father,’
    and to the worm, ‘You are my mother’ or ‘You are my sister,’
¹⁵ where, then, is my hope?
    Who can see any hope for me?
¹⁶ Will hope go down to the gates of death?
    Will we go down together into the dust?”