The Latin Vulgate VUL
Revised Standard Version RSV
1 taedet animam meam vitae meae dimittam adversum me eloquium meum loquar in amaritudine animae meae
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"I loathe my life; I will give free utterance to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
2 dicam Deo noli me condemnare indica mihi cur me ita iudices
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I will say to God, Do not condemn me; let me know why thou dost contend against me.
3 numquid bonum tibi videtur si calumnieris et opprimas me opus manuum tuarum et consilium impiorum adiuves
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Does it seem good to thee to oppress, to despise the work of thy hands and favor the designs of the wicked?
4 numquid oculi carnei tibi sunt aut sicut videt homo et tu videbis
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Hast thou eyes of flesh? Dost thou see as man sees?
5 numquid sicut dies hominis dies tui et anni tui sicut humana sunt tempora
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Are thy days as the days of man, or thy years as man's years,
6 ut quaeras iniquitatem meam et peccatum meum scruteris
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that thou dost seek out my iniquity and search for my sin,
7 et scias quia nihil impium fecerim cum sit nemo qui de manu tua possit eruere
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although thou knowest that I am not guilty, and there is none to deliver out of thy hand?
8 manus tuae plasmaverunt me et fecerunt me totum in circuitu et sic repente praecipitas me
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Thy hands fashioned and made me; and now thou dost turn about and destroy me.
9 memento quaeso quod sicut lutum feceris me et in pulverem reduces me
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Remember that thou hast made me of clay; and wilt thou turn me to dust again?
10 nonne sicut lac mulsisti me et sicut caseum me coagulasti
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Didst thou not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese?
11 pelle et carnibus vestisti me et ossibus et nervis conpegisti me
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Thou didst clothe me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews.
12 vitam et misericordiam tribuisti mihi et visitatio tua custodivit spiritum meum
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Thou hast granted me life and steadfast love; and thy care has preserved my spirit.
13 licet haec celes in corde tuo tamen scio quia universorum memineris
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Yet these things thou didst hide in thy heart; I know that this was thy purpose.
14 si peccavi et ad horam pepercisti mihi cur ab iniquitate mea mundum me esse non pateris
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If I sin, thou dost mark me, and dost not acquit me of my iniquity.
15 et si impius fuero vae mihi est et si iustus non levabo caput saturatus adflictione et miseria
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If I am wicked, woe to me! If I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head, for I am filled with disgrace and look upon my affliction.
16 et propter superbiam quasi leaenam capies me reversusque mirabiliter me crucias
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And if I lift myself up, thou dost hunt me like a lion, and again work wonders against me;
17 instauras testes tuos contra me et multiplicas iram tuam adversum me et poenae militant in me
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thou dost renew thy witnesses against me, and increase thy vexation toward me; thou dost bring fresh hosts against me.
18 quare de vulva eduxisti me qui utinam consumptus essem ne oculus me videret
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"Why didst thou bring me forth from the womb? Would that I had died before any eye had seen me,
19 fuissem quasi qui non essem de utero translatus ad tumulum
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and were as though I had not been, carried from the womb to the grave.
20 numquid non paucitas dierum meorum finietur brevi dimitte ergo me ut plangam paululum dolorem meum
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Are not the days of my life few? Let me alone, that I may find a little comfort
21 antequam vadam et non revertar ad terram tenebrosam et opertam mortis caligine
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before I go whence I shall not return, to the land of gloom and deep darkness,
22 terram miseriae et tenebrarum ubi umbra mortis et nullus ordo et sempiternus horror inhabitans
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the land of gloom and chaos, where light is as darkness."
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