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| [1]Is ther not an appoynted time to man vpon earth? Are not his dayes also like the dayes of an hired seruaunt |
[1]πότερον οὐχὶ πειρατήριόν ἐστιν ὁ βίος ἀνθρώπου ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς καὶ ὥσπερ μισθίου αὐθημερινοῦ ἡ ζωὴ αὐτοῦ |
| [2]For like as a bonde seruaunt desireth the shadowe, and as an hyreling woulde fayne haue the rewarde of his worke |
[2]ἢ ὥσπερ θεράπων δεδοικὼς τὸν κύριον αὐτοῦ καὶ τετευχὼς σκιᾶς ἢ ὥσπερ μισθωτὸς ἀναμένων τὸν μισθὸν αὐτοῦ |
| [3]Euen so haue I laboured whole monethes long in vayne, and many a carefull night haue I tolde |
[3]οὕτως κἀγὼ ὑπέμεινα μῆνας κενούς νύκτες δὲ ὀδυνῶν δεδομέναι μοί εἰσιν |
| [4]When I layde me downe to sleepe, I sayde, O when shall I arise? and measuring the euening, I am euen full with tossing to and fro vnto the dawning of the day |
[4]ἐὰν κοιμηθῶ λέγω πότε ἡμέρα ὡς δ ἂν ἀναστῶ πάλιν πότε ἑσπέρα πλήρης δὲ γίνομαι ὀδυνῶν ἀπὸ ἑσπέρας ἕως πρωί |
| [5]My fleshe is clothed with wormes and dust of the earth: my skinne is withered and become horrible |
[5]φύρεται δέ μου τὸ σῶμα ἐν σαπρίᾳ σκωλήκων τήκω δὲ βώλακας γῆς ἀπὸ ἰχῶρος ξύων |
| [6]My dayes passe ouer more spedyly then a weauers shuttle, and are spent without hope |
[6]ὁ δὲ βίος μού ἐστιν ἐλαφρότερος λαλιᾶς ἀπόλωλεν δὲ ἐν κενῇ ἐλπίδι |
| [7]O remember that my lyfe is but a winde, and that myne eye shall no more see pleasures |
[7]μνήσθητι οὖν ὅτι πνεῦμά μου ἡ ζωὴ καὶ οὐκέτι ἐπανελεύσεται ὁ ὀφθαλμός μου ἰδεῖν ἀγαθόν |
| [8]Yea and the eye that hath seene me, shal see me no more: for yer thou fasten thyne eye vpon me, I come to naught |
[8]οὐ περιβλέψεταί με ὀφθαλμὸς ὁρῶντός με οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου ἐν ἐμοί καὶ οὐκέτι εἰμὶ |
| [9]The cloude is consumed and vanished away: so he that goeth downe to the graue shall come no more vp |
[9]ὥσπερ νέφος ἀποκαθαρθὲν ἀπ οὐρανοῦ ἐὰν γὰρ ἄνθρωπος καταβῇ εἰς ᾅδην οὐκέτι μὴ ἀναβῇ |
| [10]Nor turne againe into his house, neither shall his place knowe him any more |
[10]οὐδ οὐ μὴ ἐπιστρέψῃ ἔτι εἰς τὸν ἴδιον οἶκον οὐδὲ μὴ ἐπιγνῷ αὐτὸν ἔτι ὁ τόπος αὐτοῦ |
| [11]Therfore I wil not spare my mouth, but I will speake in the trouble of my spirite, and muse in the bitternesse of my mynde |
[11]ἀτὰρ οὖν οὐδὲ ἐγὼ φείσομαι τῷ στόματί μου λαλήσω ἐν ἀνάγκῃ ὤν ἀνοίξω πικρίαν ψυχῆς μου συνεχόμενος |
| [12]Am I a sea or a whale fish, that thou kepest me [so] in prison |
[12]πότερον θάλασσά εἰμι ἢ δράκων ὅτι κατέταξας ἐπ ἐμὲ φυλακήν |
| [13]When I say, My bed shal comfort me, I shall haue some refreshing by talking to my selfe vpon my couch |
[13]εἶπα ὅτι παρακαλέσει με ἡ κλίνη μου ἀνοίσω δὲ πρὸς ἐμαυτὸν ἰδίᾳ λόγον τῇ κοίτῃ μου |
| [14]Then fearest thou me with dreames, & makest me so afrayde through visions |
[14]ἐκφοβεῖς με ἐνυπνίοις καὶ ἐν ὁράμασίν με καταπλήσσεις |
| [15]That my soule wisheth rather to perishe and die, then my bones to remayne |
[15]ἀπαλλάξεις ἀπὸ πνεύματός μου τὴν ψυχήν μου ἀπὸ δὲ θανάτου τὰ ὀστᾶ μου |
| [16]I can see no remedy, I shall liue no more: O spare me then, for my dayes are but vanitie |
[16]οὐ γὰρ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ζήσομαι ἵνα μακροθυμήσω ἀπόστα ἀπ ἐμοῦ κενὸς γάρ μου ὁ βίος |
| [17]What is man that thou doest magnifie him? and that thou settest thy heart vpon him |
[17]τί γάρ ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος ὅτι ἐμεγάλυνας αὐτὸν ἢ ὅτι προσέχεις τὸν νοῦν εἰς αὐτὸν |
| [18]Thou visitest him early and euery day, euery moment doest thou trie him |
[18]ἢ ἐπισκοπὴν αὐτοῦ ποιήσῃ ἕως τὸ πρωὶ καὶ εἰς ἀνάπαυσιν αὐτὸν κρινεῖς |
| [19]Why goest thou not fro me, nor lettest me alone, so long till I may swalowe downe my spyttle |
[19]ἕως τίνος οὐκ ἐᾷς με οὐδὲ προΐῃ με ἕως ἂν καταπίω τὸν πτύελόν μου ἐν ὀδύνῃ |
| [20]I haue offended, what shall I do vnto the, O thou preseruer of men? Why hast thou set me [as a marke] against thee, so that I am a burden to my selfe |
[20]εἰ ἐγὼ ἥμαρτον τί δύναμαί σοι πρᾶξαι ὁ ἐπιστάμενος τὸν νοῦν τῶν ἀνθρώπων διὰ τί ἔθου με κατεντευκτήν σου εἰμὶ δὲ ἐπὶ σοὶ φορτίον |
| [21]Why doest thou not pardon my trespasses, and take away myne iniquitie? Behold, nowe must I sleepe in the dust, and if thou sekest me to morowe in the morning, I shal not be |
[21]καὶ διὰ τί οὐκ ἐποιήσω τῆς ἀνομίας μου λήθην καὶ καθαρισμὸν τῆς ἁμαρτίας μου νυνὶ δὲ εἰς γῆν ἀπελεύσομαι ὀρθρίζων δὲ οὐκέτι εἰμί |