1 רוּחִי חֻבָּלָה יָמַי נִזְעָכוּ קְבָרִים לִי | 1 My spirit shall be wasted, my days shall be shortened, and only the grave remaineth for me. |
2 אִם־לֹא הֲתֻלִים עִמָּדִי וּבְהַמְּרֹותָם תָּלַן עֵינִי | 2 I have not sinned, and my eye abideth in bitterness. |
3 שִׂימָה־נָּא עָרְבֵנִי עִמָּךְ מִי הוּא לְיָדִי יִתָּקֵעַ | 3 Deliver me O Lord, and set me beside thee, and let any man's hand fight against me. |
4 כִּי־לִבָּם צָפַנְתָּ מִּשָּׂכֶל עַל־כֵּן לֹא תְרֹמֵם | 4 Thou hast set their heart far from understanding, therefore they shall not be exalted. |
5 לְחֵלֶק יַגִּיד רֵעִים וְעֵינֵי בָנָיו תִּכְלֶנָה | 5 He promiseth a prey to his companions, and the eyes of his children shall fail. |
6 וְהִצִּגַנִי לִמְשֹׁל עַמִּים וְתֹפֶת לְפָנִים אֶהְיֶה | 6 He hath made me as it were a byword of the people, and I am an example before them. |
7 וַתֵּכַהּ מִכַּעַשׂ עֵינִי וִיצֻרַי כַּצֵּל כֻּלָּם | 7 My eye is dim through indignation, and my limbs are brought as it were to nothing. |
8 יָשֹׁמּוּ יְשָׁרִים עַל־זֹאת וְנָקִי עַל־חָנֵף יִתְעֹרָר | 8 The just shall be astonished at this, and the innocent shall be raised up against the hypocrite. |
9 וְיֹאחֵז צַדִּיק דַּרְכֹּו וּטֳהָר־יָדַיִם יֹסִיף אֹמֶץ | 9 And the just man shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. |
10 וְאוּלָם כֻּלָּם תָּשֻׁבוּ וּבֹאוּ נָא וְלֹא־אֶמְצָא בָכֶם חָכָם | 10 Wherefore be you all converted, and come, and I shall not find among you any wise man. |
11 יָמַי עָבְרוּ זִמֹּתַי נִתְּקוּ מֹורָשֵׁי לְבָבִי | 11 My days have passed away, my thoughts are dissipated, tormenting my heart. |
12 לַיְלָה לְיֹום יָשִׂימוּ אֹור קָרֹוב מִפְּנֵי־חֹשֶׁךְ | 12 They have turned night into day, and after darkness I hope for light again. |
13 אִם־אֲקַוֶּה שְׁאֹול בֵּיתִי בַּחֹשֶׁךְ רִפַּדְתִּי יְצוּעָי | 13 If I wait hell is my house, and I have made my bed in darkness. |
14 לַשַּׁחַת קָרָאתִי אָבִי אָתָּה אִמִּי וַאֲחֹתִי לָרִמָּה | 14 If I have said to rottenness: Thou art my father; to worms, my mother and my sister. |
15 וְאַיֵּה אֵפֹו תִקְוָתִי וְתִקְוָתִי מִי יְשׁוּרֶנָּה | 15 Where is now then my expectation, and who considereth my patience? |
16 בַּדֵּי שְׁאֹל תֵּרַדְנָה אִם־יַחַד עַל־עָפָר נָחַת׃ ס | 16 All that I have shall go down into the deepest pit: thinkest thou that there at least I shall have rest? |