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| [1]My soul hath been weary of my life, I leave off my talking to myself, I speak in the bitterness of my soul. |
[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 say unto God, `Do not condemn me, Let me know why Thou dost strive [with] me. |
[2]I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me. |
| [3]Is it good for Thee that Thou dost oppress? That Thou despisest the labour of Thy hands, And on the counsel of the wicked hast shone? |
[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]Eyes of flesh hast Thou? As man seeth -- seest Thou? |
[4]Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth? |
| [5]As the days of man [are] Thy days? Thy years as the days of a man? |
[5]Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days, |
| [6]That Thou inquirest for mine iniquity, And for my sin seekest? |
[6]That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin? |
| [7]For Thou knowest that I am not wicked, And there is no deliverer from Thy hand. |
[7]Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand. |
| [8]Thy hands have taken pains about me, And they make me together round about, And Thou swallowest me up! |
[8]Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me. |
| [9]Remember, I pray Thee, That as clay Thou hast made me, And unto dust Thou dost bring me back. |
[9]Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again? |
| [10]Dost Thou not as milk pour me out? And as cheese curdle me? |
[10]Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese? |
| [11]Skin and flesh Thou dost put on me, And with bones and sinews dost fence me. |
[11]Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews. |
| [12]Life and kindness Thou hast done with me. And Thy inspection hath preserved my spirit. |
[12]Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit. |
| [13]And these Thou hast laid up in Thy heart, I have known that this [is] with Thee. |
[13]And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee. |
| [14]If I sinned, then Thou hast observed me, And from mine iniquity dost not acquit me, |
[14]If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity. |
| [15]If I have done wickedly -- wo to me, And righteously -- I lift not up my head, Full of shame -- then see my affliction, |
[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 it riseth -- as a lion Thou huntest me. And Thou turnest back -- Thou shewest Thyself wonderful in me. |
[16]For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me. |
| [17]Thou renewest Thy witnesses against me, And dost multiply Thine anger with me, Changes and warfare [are] with me. |
[17]Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me. |
| [18]And why from the womb Hast Thou brought me forth? I expire, and the eye doth not see 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]As I had not been, I am, From the belly to the grave I am brought, |
[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 days few? Cease then, and put from me, And I brighten up a little, |
[20]Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, |
| [21]Before I go, and return not, Unto a land of darkness and death-shade, |
[21]Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; |
| [22]A land of obscurity as thick darkness, Death-shade -- and no order, And the shining [is] as thick darkness.' |
[22]A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness. |