¹O lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:

¹[Vavaka nataon'izay nasian'ny fahoriana mafy ka toa foin'Andriamanitra] Tonon-kira. Salamo nataon'ny Koraita. Ho an'ny mpiventy hira. Almahalath-leanoth. Maskila nataon'i Hemana Ezrahita. Jehovah ô, Andriamanitry ny famonjena ahy, Andro aman'alina no itarainako eo anatrehanao;

²Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;

²Aoka ny fivavako ho tonga eo anatrehanao; Atongilano amin'ny fitarainako ny sofinao;

³For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

³Fa diboka ny fahoriana ny fanahiko; Ary ny aiko manakaiky ny fiainan-tsi-hita.[Heb. Sheola]

⁴I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:

⁴Natao ho isan'izay midina any an-davaka aho Ary efa tahaka izay tsy manan-kery;

⁵Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.

⁵Efa nafoy ho any amin'ny maty aho, Tahaka izay voavono, mandry ao am-pasana, Izay tsy tsarovanao intsony, Fa voafongotry ny tananao.[Na: Ny fandriako dia any amin'ny maty]

⁶Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

⁶Efa nametraka ahy any an-davaka ambany indrindra Hianao, Ao amin'ny maizina, dia ao amin'ny lalina.

⁷Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.

⁷Ny fahatezeranao manindry ahy mafy, Ary ny alon-dranonao rehetra azeranao amiko.

⁸Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.

⁸Efa nampanalavirinao ahy ny olona nahazatra ahy; Efa nataonao. fahavetavetana eo imasony aho; Voahidy aho ka tsy afa-mivoaka.

⁹Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.

⁹Ny masoko efa pahina noho ny fahoriana; Jehovah ô, miantso Anao isan'andro aho, Mamefy tanana aminao aho.

¹⁰Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.

¹⁰Haneho fahagagana amin'ny maty va Hianao? Ny matoatoa va no hitsangana hidera Anao?

¹¹Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?

¹¹Hotorina any am-pasana va ny famindram-ponao, Ary ny fahamarinanao any amin'ny fandringanana?

¹²Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

¹²Ho fantatra ao amin'ny maizina va ny fahagagana ataonao, Ary ny fahamarinanao ao amin'ny tany fanadinoana?

¹³But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.

¹³Fa raha izaho, dia Hianao no itarainako, Jehovah ô; Ary ny fivavako tonga eo anatrehanao nony maraina.

¹⁴LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?

¹⁴Jehovah ô, nahoana no manary ny fanahiko Hianao Ka manafina ny tavanao amiko?

¹⁵I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

¹⁵Ory aho ka efa ho faty hatramin'ny fahazazako; Raha itambesa-ran'ny fampitahoranao aho, dia very hevitra;

¹⁶Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.

¹⁶Manafotra ahy ny fahatezeranao; Matin'ny fampitahoranao aho;

¹⁷They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.

¹⁷Mandifotra ahy mandrakariva tahaka ny rano ireny; Miara-manodidina ahy izy.Efa nampanalavirinao ahy ny olona tia ahy sy ny sakaizako; Ireo nahazatra ahy dia fahamaizinana.

¹⁸Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.

¹⁸Efa nampanalavirinao ahy ny olona tia ahy sy ny sakaizako; Ireo nahazatra ahy dia fahamaizinana.