¹But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.

¹Aga nüüd naeravad mind need, kes elupäevilt on minust nooremad, kelle isasid ma ei arvanud väärt panna oma karjakoerte sekka.

²Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?

²Mis kasu oleks mul isegi nende käte rammust, kui neil elujõudki on kadunud,

³For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.

³kui nad puudusest ja näljast kurnatuina närivad puhtaks isegi põuase maa, kus eile oli laastamine ja hävitus?

⁴Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.

⁴Nad nopivad põõsaste juurest soolaheina ja leetpõõsa juur on neile leivaks.

⁵They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;)

⁵Nad on teiste hulgast ära aetud, nende peale karjutakse nagu varga peale.

⁶To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks.

⁶Nad peavad elama orunõlvades, muld- ja kaljukoobastes.

⁷Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.

⁷Nad karjuvad põõsaste vahel, nad kogunevad kureherneste alla -

⁸They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.

⁸jõledad inimesed, nimetu rahva lapsed, kes on maalt välja aetud.

⁹And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.

⁹Ja nüüd olen mina saanud neile pilkelauluks, pean olema neile sõnakõlksuks.

¹⁰They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.

¹⁰Nad jälestavad mind, hoiduvad minust ega jäta mulle näkku sülitamata.

¹¹Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.

¹¹Sest Jumal vallandas mu ammunööri ja alandas mind, ja nemad heitsid ohjad mu ees ära.

¹²Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.

¹²Paremalt poolt tõuseb see rämps: nad löövad mul jalad alt ja valmistavad minu jaoks oma hukatusteid.

¹³They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.

¹³Nad rikuvad mu jalgraja, aitavad kaasa mu hukkumiseks, ükski ei hoia neid tagasi.

¹⁴They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.

¹⁴Nad tulevad nagu läbi laia prao, veeretavad endid sisse tormi ajal.

¹⁵Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.

¹⁵Mu kallale on asunud suur hirm: mu väärikus on otsekui tuulest viidud ja mu õnn on nagu möödunud pilv.

¹⁶And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

¹⁶Ja nüüd on hing mu sees valatud tühjaks, viletsuspäevad on mind kätte saanud.

¹⁷My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.

¹⁷Öösiti pistab mul kontides ja mu valud ei pea vahet.

¹⁸By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.

¹⁸Suure jõuga haarab ta mind rõivaist; see pigistab mind otsekui kuuekaelus.

¹⁹He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.

¹⁹Jumal on heitnud mind savi sisse, ma olen saanud põrmu ja tuha sarnaseks.

²⁰I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.

²⁰Ma kisendan su poole, aga sa ei vasta mulle, ma seisan siin, aga sa ainult silmitsed mind.

²¹Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.

²¹Sa oled muutunud julmaks mu vastu, sa kiusad mind oma vägeva käega.

²²Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance.

²²Sa tõstad mind tuule kätte, lased mind ajada, tormihood lohistavad mind.

²³For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.

²³Tõesti, ma tean, et sa saadad mind surma - kõigi elavate kogunemiskotta.

²⁴Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.

²⁴Eks rusu all olija siruta käed, eks hukkuja karju appi?

²⁵Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?

²⁵Kas mina ei nutnud selle pärast, kellel oli raske aeg? Kas mul ei olnud kaastunnet vaesele?

²⁶When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

²⁶Aga kui ma ootasin head, tuli õnnetus, ja kui ma igatsesin valgust, tuli pimedus.

²⁷My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.

²⁷Mu sisemus keeb ega rahune, mind on tabanud viletsuspäevad.

²⁸I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.

²⁸Ma käin mustana, aga mitte päikesest, tõusen koguduses üles ja karjun appi.

²⁹I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.

²⁹Ma olen ðaakalitele vennaks ja jaanalindudele seltsiliseks.

³⁰My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.

³⁰Mu ihunahk on muutunud mustaks ja mu kondid hõõguvad kuumusest.

³¹My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.

³¹Mu kandlemängust kujunes lein ja mu vilepilliloost nutjate hääl.