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| [1]My soule is cut of though I lyue, I wil powre out my coplaynte against my selfe, and will speake out of the very heauinesse of my soule |
[1]My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. |
| [2]I will say vnto God: O do not condempne me, but shewe me wherefore thou contendest so with me |
[2]I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me. |
| [3]Thinkest thou it welldone to oppresse me? to cast me of beyng the workes of thy handes? and to mayntayne the counsell of the vngodly |
[3]Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked? |
| [4]Hast thou fleshy eyes? or doest thou loke as a man loketh |
[4]Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth? |
| [5]Or are thy dayes as the dayes of man? and thy yeres as mans yeres |
[5]Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days, |
| [6]That thou makest such inquisition for my wickednes, and searchest out my sinne |
[6]That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin? |
| [7]Whereas thou knowest whether I shall do wickedly or no, and that none can deliuer me out of thyne hande |
[7]Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand. |
| [8]Thy handes haue made me, & fashioned me altogether rounde about, wilt thou then destroy me |
[8]Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me. |
| [9]Remember I besech thee that thou madest me as the moulde of the earth, and shalt bring me into dust againe |
[9]Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again? |
| [10]Hast thou not powred me as it were milke, & turned me to cruddes like cheese |
[10]Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese? |
| [11]Thou hast couered me with skinne and fleshe, and ioyned me together with bones and sinnowes |
[11]Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews. |
| [12]Thou hast graunted me life, and done me good: and thy visitation hath preserued my spirite |
[12]Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit. |
| [13]Thou hast hyd these thinges in thyne heart [yet] I am sure that thou remembrest this thing |
[13]And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee. |
| [14]If I dyd sinne, thou haddest an eye vnto me, and shalt not pronounce me innocent from myne offence |
[14]If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity. |
| [15]If I haue done wickedly, wo is me therefore: If I haue done righteously, yet dare I not lift vp my head, so full am I of confusion, and see myne owne miserie |
[15]If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction; |
| [16]And let it increase, hunte me as a lion, & returne and shew thy selfe maruaylous vpon me |
[16]For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me. |
| [17]Thou bringest freshe witnesse against me, and thy wrath increasest thou vpon me: diuers and many are the plagues that I am in |
[17]Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me. |
| [18]Wherfore hast thou brought me out of the wombe? O that I had perished, and that no eye had seene me |
[18]Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me! |
| [19]And that I were as though I had not ben, but brought from the wombe to the graue |
[19]I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave. |
| [20]Are not my dayes fewe? Let him then leaue of fro me, and let me a lone, that I may comfort my selfe a litle |
[20]Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, |
| [21]Afore I go [thyther from whence] I shall not turne againe, euen to the lande of darknesse and shadowe of death |
[21]Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; |
| [22]Yea a lande as darke as darknesse it selfe, and into the shadowe of death where is none order, but the light is there as darknesse |
[22]A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness. |