¹⁸ And I say, Perished hath my strength and my hope from Jehovah.

¹⁵ And where `is' now my hope? Yea, my hope, who doth behold it?

¹¹ And He saith unto me, `Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel; lo, they are saying: Dried up have our bones, And perished hath our hope, We have been cut off by ourselves.

¹ And David saith unto his heart, `Now am I consumed one day by the hand of Saul; there is nothing for me better than that I diligently escape unto the land of the Philistines, and Saul hath been despairing of me -- of seeking me any more in all the border of Israel, and I have escaped out of his hand.'

¹¹ What `is' my power that I should hope? And what mine end That I should prolong my life?

²² And I -- I have said in my haste, `I have been cut off from before Thine eyes,' But Thou hast heard the voice of my supplications, In my crying unto Thee.

¹¹ I said in my haste, `Every man `is' a liar.'