¹My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

¹Maharikoriko ahy ny aiko; Hamoaka ny fitarainako aho sy hiteny noho ny fangidian'ny fanahiko

²I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.

²Hanao amin'Andriamanitra hoe aho: Aza manameloka ahy; Mba ampahalalao izay anton'ny iadianao amiko aho.

³Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

³Mahafaly Anao va ny hampahory sy hanary ny efa nisasaranao ka hamirapiratra amin'ny fisainan'ny ratsy fanahy?

⁴Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?

⁴Manana maso nofo va Hianao? Na mijery tahaka ny fijerin'ny zanak'olombelona?

⁵Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days,

⁵Tahaka ny andron'ny zanak'olombelona va ny andronao? Na tahaka ny taonan'ny olombelona ny taonanao,

⁶That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?

⁶No dia mikaroka izay heloko Hianao sy mikatsaka izay fahotako,

⁷Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.

⁷Na dia fantatrao aza fa tsy mba ratsy fanahy aho, ary tsy misy mahavonjy amin'ny tananao?

⁸Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.

⁸Ny tananao ihany no namorona ahy ka nanisy endrika izao tenako rehetra izao, kanjo levoninao indray aho izao.

⁹Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?

⁹Masina Hianao, tsarovy fa notefenao toy ny tanimanga aho, ka hamerina ahy amin'ny vovoka indray Hianao!

¹⁰Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?

¹⁰Tsy naidinao toy ny ronono va aho ka nampandrinao toy ny ronono-mandry?

¹¹Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.

¹¹Eny, notafianao hoditra sy nofo aho ary norarinao tamin'ny taolana sy ny ozatra.

¹²Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.

¹²Aina sy famindram-po no nomenao ahy; Ary ny fiahianao no niaro ny aiko.

¹³And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee.

¹³Saingy izao no nafeninao tao am-ponao, eny, fantatro fa tao aminao izao:

¹⁴If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.

¹⁴Raha manota aho, dia mamantatra ahy Hianao ka tsy manafaka ahy amin'ny heloko.

¹⁵If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;

¹⁵Raha meloka aho, dia lozako! Ary na dia marina aza aho, dia tsy ho sahy miandrandra, satria feno henatra sady mahatsiaro fahoriana aho.

¹⁶For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.

¹⁶Fa raha sahy miandrandra aho, dia hihaza ahy tahaka ny liona masiaka Hianao; Ary hiverina indray Hianao, ka ho mahagaga ny famelinao ahy.

¹⁷Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.

¹⁷Mbola hanangana vavolombelona vaovao mandrakariva hanameloka ahy Hianao sy hampitombo ny fahatezeranao amiko; Fahavalo mifanontona no mamely ahy.

¹⁸Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!

¹⁸Ka nahoana no namoaka ahy foana avy tany am-bohoka Hianao? Fa raha tsy izany, dia ho niala aina aho, ka tsy mba nisy maso nahita ahy akory.

¹⁹I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.

¹⁹Ary efa toy ny tsy ary aho. Ka nentina avy tany an-kibo ho any am-pasana.

²⁰Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

²⁰Tsy vitsy va ny androko? Koa mitsahara Hianao, mihataha mba hakako aina kely,

²¹Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

²¹Dieny tsy mbola lasa tsy hiverina aho, dia ho any amin'ny tanin'ny aizina sy ny aloky ny fahafatesana,Ho any amin'ny tany maizim-pito, dia ny an'ny aloky ny fahafatesana sy ny fikorontanana, sady maizim-pito ny famirapiratana any.

²²A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

²²Ho any amin'ny tany maizim-pito, dia ny an'ny aloky ny fahafatesana sy ny fikorontanana, sady maizim-pito ny famirapiratana any.