¹I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.

¹[Ny fahatsinontsinon'izao fiainana izao] Ho an'ny mpiventy hira. Ho an'i Jedotona Salamo nataon'i Davida. Hoy izaho: hitandrina ny lalako aho ka tsy hanota amin'ny lelako; hasiako fehim-bava ny vavako, raha mbola eo anatrehako ny ratsy fanahy.

²I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.

²Nangina mihitsy aho, namihim-bava ka tsy nilaza na dia ny tsara aza, dia nihetsika mafy ny fanaintainan'ny aretiko.[Na; na dia teo anatrehan'ny tsara fanahy aza]

³My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,

³Nafana ny foko tato anatiko; raha nieritreritra aho, dia nisy afo nirehitra, ka niteny tamin'ny lelako aho.

⁴LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: that I may know how frail I am.

⁴Jehovah ô,ampahafantaro ny farako aho sy izay ohatry ny androko; aoka ho fantatro fa olon-kandalo aho.

⁵Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.

⁵Indro efa nataonao vodivoam-pelatanana ny androko, ary ny fiainako toy ny tsinontsinona eo anatrehanao. Zava-poana ihany tokoa ny olon-drehetra, na dia matanjaka aza.[Na: Natao ho zava-poana ihany tokoa ny olona rehetra]

⁶Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.

⁶Aloka tokoa no fandehandehan'ny olona; zava-poana tokoa no itabatabàny; mihary harena izy nefa tsy fantany izay ho tompon'izany.

⁷And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.

⁷Ary ankehitriny, inona no andrasako Tompo ô? Hianao no antenaiko.

⁸Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.

⁸Manafaha ahy amin'ny fahadisoako rehetra; aza manao ahy ho fanakoran'ny adala.

⁹I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.

⁹Mangina aho ka tsy miloa-bava fa ianao no nanao izao.

¹⁰Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.

¹⁰Aoka hitsahatra ny fikapohanao ahy; reraka aho azon'ny famelin'ny tananao.

¹¹When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.

¹¹Anatra noho ny fahadisoany no ananaranao ny olona, ka manimba ny hatsaran-tarehiny tahaka ny kalalao ianao; zava-poana tokoa ny olona rehetra.

¹²Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.

¹²Mandrenesa ny fivavako Jehovah ô,ary mihainoa ny fitarainako; aza mangina amin'ny ranomasoko fa vahiny aminao aho sy mpivahiny tahaka ny razako rehetra.Aza atrehinao aho aloha, dia ho miramirana indray, dieny aho tsy mbola lasa ka tsy ho eto intsony.

¹³O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.

¹³Aza atrehinao aho aloha, dia ho miramirana indray, dieny aho tsy mbola lasa ka tsy ho eto intsony.