The Latin Vulgate VUL
New American Standard Bible NAS
1 spiritus meus adtenuabitur dies mei breviabuntur et solum mihi superest sepulchrum
1 "My spirit is broken, my days are extinguished, The grave is ready for me.
2 non peccavi et in amaritudinibus moratur oculus meus
2 "Surely mockers are with me, And my eye gazes on their provocation.
3 libera me et pone iuxta te et cuiusvis manus pugnet contra me
3 "Lay down, now, a pledge for me with Yourself; Who is there that will be my guarantor ?
4 cor eorum longe fecisti a disciplina et propterea non exaltabuntur
4 "For You have kept their heart from understanding, Therefore You will not exalt them.
5 praedam pollicetur sociis et oculi filiorum eius deficient
5 "He who informs against friends for a share of the spoil, The eyes of his children also will languish.
6 posuit me quasi in proverbium vulgi et exemplum sum coram eis
6 "But He has made me a byword of the people, And I am one at whom men spit.
7 caligavit ab indignatione oculus meus et membra mea quasi in nihili redacta sunt
7 "My eye has also grown dim because of grief, And all my members are as a shadow.
8 stupebunt iusti super hoc et innocens contra hypocritam suscitabitur
8 "The upright will be appalled at this, And the innocent will stir up himself against the godless.
9 et tenebit iustus viam suam et mundis manibus addet fortitudinem
9 "Nevertheless the righteous will hold to his way, And he who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.
10 igitur vos omnes convertimini et venite et non inveniam in vobis ullum sapientem
10 "But come again all of you now, For I do not find a wise man among you.
11 dies mei transierunt cogitationes meae dissipatae sunt torquentes cor meum
11 "My days are past, my plans are torn apart, Even the wishes of my heart.
12 noctem verterunt in diem et rursum post tenebras spero lucem
12 "They make night into day, saying, 'The light is near,' in the presence of darkness.
13 si sustinuero infernus domus mea est in tenebris stravi lectulum meum
13 "If I look for Sheol as my home, I make my bed in the darkness;
14 putredini dixi pater meus es mater mea et soror mea vermibus
14 If I call to the pit, 'You are my father '; To the worm, 'my mother and my sister ';
15 ubi est ergo nunc praestolatio mea et patientiam meam quis considerat
15 Where now is my hope? And who regards my hope?
16 in profundissimum infernum descendent omnia mea putasne saltim ibi erit requies mihi
16 "Will it go down with me to Sheol? Shall we together go down into the dust?"
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