¹　神为什么要定人的罪

¹My soul hath been weary of my life, I leave off my talking to myself, I speak in the bitterness of my soul.

²我要对　神说：不要定我有罪，请告诉我你为什么与我相争。

²I say unto God, `Do not condemn me, Let me know why Thou dost strive [with] me.

³压迫无辜，又弃绝你手所作的，却喜悦恶人的计谋，你都以为美吗？

³Is it good for Thee that Thou dost oppress? That Thou despisest the labour of Thy hands, And on the counsel of the wicked hast shone?

⁴你的眼不是肉眼，你观看不像人观看，

⁴Eyes of flesh hast Thou? As man seeth — seest Thou?

⁵你的日子不如人的日子，你的年岁不像人的年岁，

⁵As the days of man [are] Thy days? Thy years as the days of a man?

⁶以致你追究我的罪孽，细察我的罪过吗？

⁶That Thou inquirest for mine iniquity, And for my sin seekest?

⁷你知道我并没有罪，但没有人能救我脱离你的手。

⁷For Thou knowest that I am not wicked, And there is no deliverer from Thy hand.

⁸你的手塑我造我，但一转过来你就要毁灭我。

⁸Thy hands have taken pains about me, And they make me together round about, And Thou swallowest me up!

⁹求你记念你造我如抟泥，你还要使我归于尘土吗？

⁹Remember, I pray Thee, That as clay Thou hast made me, And unto dust Thou dost bring me back.

¹⁰你不是把我倒出来像倒奶，又使我凝结像乳酪凝固吗？

¹⁰Dost Thou not as milk pour me out? And as cheese curdle me?

¹¹你以皮肉为衣给我穿上，以筋骨接络我；

¹¹Skin and flesh Thou dost put on me, And with bones and sinews dost fence me.

¹²你赐我生命，又向我施慈爱，你的眷顾保守我的心灵。

¹²Life and kindness Thou hast done with me. And Thy inspection hath preserved my spirit.

¹³要人受苦，不如夭折这些事你都藏在你的心里，我知道这是你的旨意。

¹³And these Thou hast laid up in Thy heart, I have known that this [is] with Thee.

¹⁴我若犯罪，你就鉴察，绝不赦免我的罪孽；

¹⁴If I sinned, then Thou hast observed me, And from mine iniquity dost not acquit me,

¹⁵我若有罪，就有祸了；我若有理，也不敢抬头，饱尝羞辱，看看自己的苦难。

¹⁵If I have done wickedly — wo to me, And righteously — I lift not up my head, Full of shame — then see my affliction,

¹⁶我若昂首自得，你就猎我如猎猛狮，又在我身上彰显你惊人的大能。

¹⁶And it riseth — as a lion Thou huntest me. And Thou turnest back — Thou shewest Thyself wonderful in me.

¹⁷你重新设立见证攻击我，对我加增你的忿怒，派兵轮流攻击我。

¹⁷Thou renewest Thy witnesses against me, And dost multiply Thine anger with me, Changes and warfare [are] with me.

¹⁸你为什么使我出母胎呢？我不如死去，无人得见我，

¹⁸And why from the womb Hast Thou brought me forth? I expire, and the eye doth not see me.

¹⁹这样，就像从来没有我一样，一出母腹就被送入坟墓。

¹⁹As I had not been, I am, From the belly to the grave I am brought,

²⁰我的日子不是很少吗？请住手，转离我，使我在往黑暗死荫之地以先，

²⁰Are not my days few? Cease then, and put from me, And I brighten up a little,

²¹在去而不返之前，可以喜乐片刻；

²¹Before I go, and return not, Unto a land of darkness and death-shade,

²²那地黑暗，如死荫的幽暗，毫无秩序，即使有光也像幽暗。”

²²A land of obscurity as thick darkness, Death-shade — and no order, And the shining [is] as thick darkness.`