| 1 הֲלֹֽא־צָבָא לֶֽאֱנוֹשׁ על עֲלֵי־אָרֶץוְכִימֵי שָׂכִיר יָמָֽיו׃ | 1 "Has not man a hard service upon earth, and are not his days like the days of a hireling? |
| 2 כְּעֶבֶד יִשְׁאַף־צֵלוּכְשָׂכִיר יְקַוֶּה פׇעֳלֽוֹ׃ | 2 Like a slave who longs for the shadow, and like a hireling who looks for his wages, |
| 3 כֵּן הׇנְחַלְתִּי לִי יַרְחֵי־שָׁוְאוְלֵילוֹת עָמָל מִנּוּ־לִֽי׃ | 3 so I am allotted months of emptiness, and nights of misery are apportioned to me. |
| 4 אִם־שָׁכַבְתִּי וְאָמַרְתִּימָתַי אָקוּם וּמִדַּד־עָרֶבוְשָׂבַעְתִּי נְדֻדִים עֲדֵי־נָֽשֶׁף׃ | 4 When I lie down I say, 'When shall I arise?' But the night is long, and I am full of tossing till the dawn. |
| 5 לָבַשׁ בְּשָׂרִי רִמָּה ו ג יש וְגוּשׁ עָפָרעוֹרִי רָגַע וַיִּמָּאֵֽס׃ | 5 My flesh is clothed with worms and dirt; my skin hardens, then breaks out afresh. |
| 6 יָמַי קַלּוּ מִנִּי־אָרֶגוַיִּכְלוּ בְּאֶפֶס תִּקְוָֽה׃ | 6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and come to their end without hope. |
| 7 זְכֹר כִּי־רוּחַ חַיָּילֹֽא־תָשׁוּב עֵינִי לִרְאוֹת טֽוֹב׃ | 7 "Remember that my life is a breath; my eye will never again see good. |
| 8 לֹא־תְשׁוּרֵנִי עֵין רֹאִיעֵינֶיךָ בִּי וְאֵינֶֽנִּי׃ | 8 The eye of him who sees me will behold me no more; while thy eyes are upon me, I shall be gone. |
| 9 כָּלָה עָנָן וַיֵּלַךְכֵּן יוֹרֵד שְׁאוֹל לֹא יַעֲלֶֽה׃ | 9 As the cloud fades and vanishes, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come up; |
| 10 לֹא־יָשׁוּב עוֹד לְבֵיתוֹוְלֹא־יַכִּירֶנּוּ עוֹד מְקֹמֽוֹ׃ | 10 he returns no more to his house, nor does his place know him any more. |
| 11 גַּם־אֲנִי לֹא אֶחֱשָׂךְ פִּיאֲֽדַבְּרָה בְּצַר רוּחִיאָשִׂיחָה בְּמַר נַפְשִֽׁי׃ | 11 "Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. |
| 12 הֲֽיָם־אָנִי אִם־תַּנִּיןכִּֽי־תָשִׂים עָלַי מִשְׁמָֽר׃ | 12 Am I the sea, or a sea monster, that thou settest a guard over me? |
| 13 כִּֽי־אָמַרְתִּי תְּנַחֲמֵנִי עַרְשִׂייִשָּׂא בְשִׂיחִי מִשְׁכָּבִֽי׃ | 13 When I say, 'My bed will comfort me, my couch will ease my complaint,' |
| 14 וְחִתַּתַּנִי בַחֲלֹמוֹתוּֽמֵחֶזְיֹנוֹת תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּי׃ | 14 then thou dost scare me with dreams and terrify me with visions, |
| 15 וַתִּבְחַר מַחֲנָק נַפְשִׁימָוֶת מֵעַצְמוֹתָֽי׃ | 15 so that I would choose strangling and death rather than my bones. |
| 16 מָאַסְתִּי לֹא־לְעֹלָם אֶחְיֶהחֲדַל מִמֶּנִּי כִּי־הֶבֶל יָמָֽי׃ | 16 I loathe my life; I would not live for ever. Let me alone, for my days are a breath. |
| 17 מָֽה־אֱנוֹשׁ כִּי תְגַדְּלֶנּוּוְכִֽי־תָשִׁית אֵלָיו לִבֶּֽךָ׃ | 17 What is man, that thou dost make so much of him, and that thou dost set thy mind upon him, |
| 18 וַתִּפְקְדֶנּוּ לִבְקָרִיםלִרְגָעִים תִּבְחָנֶֽנּוּ׃ | 18 dost visit him every morning, and test him every moment? |
| 19 כַּמָּה לֹא־תִשְׁעֶה מִמֶּנִּילֹֽא־תַרְפֵּנִי עַד־בִּלְעִי רֻקִּֽי׃ | 19 How long wilt thou not look away from me, nor let me alone till I swallow my spittle? |
| 20 חָטָאתִי מָה אֶפְעַל ׀ לָךְ נֹצֵר הָאָדָםלָמָה שַׂמְתַּנִי לְמִפְגָּע לָךְוָאֶהְיֶה עָלַי לְמַשָּֽׂא׃ | 20 If I sin, what do I do to thee, thou watcher of men? Why hast thou made me thy mark? Why have I become a burden to thee? |
| 21 וּמֶה ׀ לֹֽא־תִשָּׂא פִשְׁעִיוְתַעֲבִיר אֶת־עֲוֺנִיכִּֽי־עַתָּה לֶעָפָר אֶשְׁכָּבוְשִׁחַרְתַּנִי וְאֵינֶֽנִּי׃ | 21 Why dost thou not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For now I shall lie in the earth; thou wilt seek me, but I shall not be." |
