| 1 "But now they make sport of me, men who are younger than I, whose fathers I would have disdained to set with the dogs of my flock. | 1 واما الآن فقد ضحك علي اصاغري اياما الذين كنت استنكف من ان اجعل آبائهم مع كلاب غنمي. |
| 2 What could I gain from the strength of their hands, men whose vigor is gone? | 2 قوة ايديهم ايضا ما هي لي. فيهم عجزت الشيخوخة. |
| 3 Through want and hard hunger they gnaw the dry and desolate ground; | 3 في العوز والمحل مهزولون عارقون اليابسة التي هي منذ امس خراب وخربة. |
| 4 they pick mallow and the leaves of bushes, and to warm themselves the roots of the broom. | 4 الذين يقطفون الملاح عند الشيح واصول الرّتم خبزهم. |
| 5 They are driven out from among men; they shout after them as after a thief. | 5 من الوسط يطردون. يصيحون عليهم كما على لص. |
| 6 In the gullies of the torrents they must dwell, in holes of the earth and of the rocks. | 6 للسكن في اودية مرعبة وثقب التراب والصخور. |
| 7 Among the bushes they bray; under the nettles they huddle together. | 7 بين الشيح ينهقون. تحت العوسج ينكبّون. |
| 8 A senseless, a disreputable brood, they have been whipped out of the land. | 8 ابناء الحماقة بل ابناء اناس بلا اسم سيطوا من الارض |
| 9 "And now I have become their song, I am a byword to them. | 9 اما الآن فصرت اغنيتهم واصبحت لهم مثلا. |
| 10 They abhor me, they keep aloof from me; they do not hesitate to spit at the sight of me. | 10 يكرهونني. يبتعدون عني وامام وجهي لم يمسكوا عن البسق. |
| 11 Because God has loosed my cord and humbled me, they have cast off restraint in my presence. | 11 لانه اطلق العنان وقهرني فنزعوا الزمام قدامي. |
| 12 On my right hand the rabble rise, they drive me forth, they cast up against me their ways of destruction. | 12 عن اليمين الفروخ يقومون يزيحون رجلي ويعدّون عليّ طرقهم للبوار. |
| 13 They break up my path, they promote my calamity; no one restrains them. | 13 افسدوا سبلي. اعانوا على سقوطي. لا مساعد عليهم. |
| 14 As through a wide breach they come; amid the crash they roll on. | 14 ياتون كصدع عريض. تحت الهدّة يتدحرجون. |
| 15 Terrors are turned upon me; my honor is pursued as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed away like a cloud. | 15 انقلبت عليّ اهوال. طردت كالريح نعمتي فعبرت كالسحاب سعادتي |
| 16 "And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction have taken hold of me. | 16 فالآن انهالت نفسي عليّ واخذتني ايام المذلّة. |
| 17 The night racks my bones, and the pain that gnaws me takes no rest. | 17 الليل ينخر عظامي فيّ وعارقيّ لا تهجع. |
| 18 With violence it seizes my garment; it binds me about like the collar of my tunic. | 18 بكثرة الشدة تنكّر لبسي. مثل جيب قميصي حزمتني. |
| 19 God has cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes. | 19 قد طرحني في الوحل فاشبهت التراب والرماد. |
| 20 I cry to thee and thou dost not answer me; I stand, and thou dost not heed me. | 20 اليك اصرخ فما تستجيب لي. اقوم فما تنتبه اليّ. |
| 21 Thou hast turned cruel to me; with the might of thy hand thou dost persecute me. | 21 تحولت الى جاف من نحوي. بقدرة يدك تضطهدني. |
| 22 Thou liftest me up on the wind, thou makest me ride on it, and thou tossest me about in the roar of the storm. | 22 حملتني اركبتني الريح وذوبتني تشوها. |
| 23 Yea, I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living. | 23 لاني اعلم انك الى الموت تعيدني والى بيت ميعاد كل حيّ. |
| 24 "Yet does not one in a heap of ruins stretch out his hand, and in his disaster cry for help? | 24 ولكن في الخراب ألا يمد يدا. في البليّة ألا يستغيث عليها |
| 25 Did not I weep for him whose day was hard? Was not my soul grieved for the poor? | 25 ألم ابك لمن عسر يومه. ألم تكتئب نفسي على المسكين. |
| 26 But when I looked for good, evil came; and when I waited for light, darkness came. | 26 حينما ترجيت الخير جاء الشر. وانتظرت النور فجاء الدجى. |
| 27 My heart is in turmoil, and is never still; days of affliction come to meet me. | 27 امعائي تغلي ولا تكف. تقدمتني ايام المذلة. |
| 28 I go about blackened, but not by the sun; I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help. | 28 اسوددت لكن بلا شمس. قمت في الجماعة اصرخ. |
| 29 I am a brother of jackals, and a companion of ostriches. | 29 صرت اخا للذئاب وصاحبا لرئال النعام. |
| 30 My skin turns black and falls from me, and my bones burn with heat. | 30 حرش جلدي عليّ وعظامي احترّت من الحرارة فيّ. |
| 31 My lyre is turned to mourning, and my pipe to the voice of those who weep. | 31 صار عودي للنوح ومزماري لصوت الباكين |