¹My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.

¹Ajalku sudah dekat, hampir putuslah napasku; hanyalah kuburan yang tinggal bagiku.

²Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?

²Orang menjadikan aku bahan ejekan; kulihat betapa mereka melontarkan sindiran.

³Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?

³Aku ini jujur, ya Allah. Percayalah padaku! Siapa lagi yang dapat menyokong perkataanku?

⁴For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.

⁴Kaututup hati mereka sehingga tak mengerti; jangan sampai mereka menundukkan aku kini.

⁵He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.

⁵Menurut pepatah, siapa mengadukan teman demi keuntungan, anak-anaknya sendiri akan menerima pembalasan.

⁶He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.

⁶Kini aku disindir dengan pepatah itu; mereka datang untuk meludahi mukaku.

⁷Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.

⁷Mataku kabur karena dukacita; seluruh tubuhku kurus merana.

⁸Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.

⁸Orang yang saleh, terkejut dan heran; orang yang tak bersalah, menganggap aku tidak bertuhan.

⁹The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

⁹Orang yang baik dan yang tidak bersalah, makin yakin cara hidupnya berkenan kepada Allah.

¹⁰But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.

¹⁰Tapi seandainya kamu semua datang ke mari, tak seorang bijaksana pun yang akan kudapati.

¹¹My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.

¹¹Hari-hariku telah lalu, gagallah segala rencanaku; hilang pula semua cita-cita hatiku.

¹²They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.

¹²Tetapi sahabat-sahabatku berkata, 'Malam itu siang dan terang hampir tiba.' Namun aku tahu dalam hatiku bahwa tetap gelaplah keadaanku.

¹³If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.

¹³Hanya dunia mautlah yang kuharapkan, di sanalah aku akan tidur dalam kegelapan.

¹⁴I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.

¹⁴Kuburku kunamakan "Ayahku", dan cacing-cacing pemakan tubuhku kusebut "Ibu" dan "Saudara perempuanku".

¹⁵And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?

¹⁵Di manakah harapan bagiku; siapa melihat adanya bahagia untukku?

¹⁶They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.

¹⁶Apabila aku turun ke dunia orang mati, aku tidak mempunyai harapan lagi."