The Latin Vulgate VUL
Young's Literal Translation YLT
1 spiritus meus adtenuabitur dies mei breviabuntur et solum mihi superest sepulchrum
1
My spirit hath been destroyed, My days extinguished -- graves [are] for me.
2 non peccavi et in amaritudinibus moratur oculus meus
2
If not -- mockeries [are] with me. And in their provocations mine eye lodgeth.
3 libera me et pone iuxta te et cuiusvis manus pugnet contra me
3
Place, I pray Thee, my pledge with Thee; Who is he that striketh hand with me?
4 cor eorum longe fecisti a disciplina et propterea non exaltabuntur
4
For their heart Thou hast hidden From understanding, Therefore Thou dost not exalt them.
5 praedam pollicetur sociis et oculi filiorum eius deficient
5
For a portion he sheweth friendship, And the eyes of his sons are consumed.
6 posuit me quasi in proverbium vulgi et exemplum sum coram eis
6
And he set me up for a proverb of the peoples, And a wonder before them I am.
7 caligavit ab indignatione oculus meus et membra mea quasi in nihili redacta sunt
7
And dim from sorrow is mine eye, And my members as a shadow all of them.
8 stupebunt iusti super hoc et innocens contra hypocritam suscitabitur
8
Astonished are the upright at this, And the innocent against the profane Stirreth himself up.
9 et tenebit iustus viam suam et mundis manibus addet fortitudinem
9
And the righteous layeth hold [on] his way, And the clean of hands addeth strength, And -- dumb are they all.
10 igitur vos omnes convertimini et venite et non inveniam in vobis ullum sapientem
10
Return, and come in, I pray you, And I find not among you a wise man.
11 dies mei transierunt cogitationes meae dissipatae sunt torquentes cor meum
11
My days have passed by, My devices have been broken off, The possessions of my heart!
12 noctem verterunt in diem et rursum post tenebras spero lucem
12
Night for day they appoint, Light [is] near because of darkness.
13 si sustinuero infernus domus mea est in tenebris stravi lectulum meum
13
If I wait -- Sheol [is] my house, In darkness I have spread out my couch.
14 putredini dixi pater meus es mater mea et soror mea vermibus
14
To corruption I have called: -- `Thou [art] my father.' `My mother' and `my sister' -- to the worm.
15 ubi est ergo nunc praestolatio mea et patientiam meam quis considerat
15
And where [is] now my hope? Yea, my hope, who doth behold it?
16 in profundissimum infernum descendent omnia mea putasne saltim ibi erit requies mihi
16
[To] the parts of Sheol ye go down, If together on the dust we may rest.
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