The Latin Vulgate VUL
Revised Standard Version RSV
1 spiritus meus adtenuabitur dies mei breviabuntur et solum mihi superest sepulchrum
1
My spirit is broken, my days are extinct, the grave is ready for me.
2 non peccavi et in amaritudinibus moratur oculus meus
2
Surely there are mockers about me, and my eye dwells on their provocation.
3 libera me et pone iuxta te et cuiusvis manus pugnet contra me
3
"Lay down a pledge for me with thyself; who is there that will give surety for me?
4 cor eorum longe fecisti a disciplina et propterea non exaltabuntur
4
Since thou hast closed their minds to understanding, therefore thou wilt not let them triumph.
5 praedam pollicetur sociis et oculi filiorum eius deficient
5
He who informs against his friends to get a share of their property, the eyes of his children will fail.
6 posuit me quasi in proverbium vulgi et exemplum sum coram eis
6
"He has made me a byword of the peoples, and I am one before whom men spit.
7 caligavit ab indignatione oculus meus et membra mea quasi in nihili redacta sunt
7
My eye has grown dim from grief, and all my members are like a shadow.
8 stupebunt iusti super hoc et innocens contra hypocritam suscitabitur
8
Upright men are appalled at this, and the innocent stirs himself up against the godless.
9 et tenebit iustus viam suam et mundis manibus addet fortitudinem
9
Yet the righteous holds to his way, and he that has clean hands grows stronger and stronger.
10 igitur vos omnes convertimini et venite et non inveniam in vobis ullum sapientem
10
But you, come on again, all of you, and I shall 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 broken off, the desires of my heart.
12 noctem verterunt in diem et rursum post tenebras spero lucem
12
They make night into day; 'The light,' they say, 'is near to the darkness.'
13 si sustinuero infernus domus mea est in tenebris stravi lectulum meum
13
If I look for Sheol as my house, if I spread my couch in darkness,
14 putredini dixi pater meus es mater mea et soror mea vermibus
14
if I say to the pit, 'You are my father,' and to the worm, 'My mother,' or 'My sister,'
15 ubi est ergo nunc praestolatio mea et patientiam meam quis considerat
15
where then is my hope? Who will see my hope?
16 in profundissimum infernum descendent omnia mea putasne saltim ibi erit requies mihi
16
Will it go down to the bars of Sheol? Shall we descend together into the dust?"
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