¹Daha mi nestaje, gasnu moji dani i za mene već se skupljaju grobari.

¹My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are mine.

²Rugači su evo mene dohvatili, od uvreda oka sklopiti ne mogu.

²Are there not mockers around me? and doth [not] mine eye abide in their provocation?

³Stoga me zaštiti i budi mi jamcem kad mi nitko u dlan neće da udari.

³Lay down now [a pledge], be thou surety for me with thyself: who is he that striketh hands with me?

⁴Jer, srca si njina lišio razuma i dopustiti im nećeš da opstanu.

⁴For thou hast hidden their heart from understanding; therefore thou wilt not exalt [them].

⁵K'o taj što imanje dijeli drugovima, a djeci njegovoj dotle oči gasnu,

⁵He that betrayeth friends for a prey -- even the eyes of his children shall fail.

⁶narodima svim sam na ruglo postao, onaj kom u lice svatko pljunut' može.

⁶And he hath made me a proverb of the peoples; and I am become one to be spit on in the face.

⁷Od tuge vid mi se muti u očima, poput sjene moji udovi postaju.

⁷And mine eye is dim by reason of grief, and all my members are as a shadow.

⁸Začudit će se zbog toga pravednici, na bezbožnika će planuti čestiti;

⁸Upright men [shall be] astonished at this, and the innocent shall be stirred up against the ungodly;

⁹neporočni će na svom ustrajat' putu, čovjek čistih ruku ojačat će još više.

⁹But the righteous shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall increase in strength.

¹⁰Hajde, svi vi, nećete li opet počet', tÓa među vama ja mudra ne nalazim!

¹⁰But as for you all, pray come on again; and I shall not find one wise man among you.

¹¹Minuli su dani, propale zamisli, želje srca moga izjalovile se.

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

¹²'U noći najcrnjoj, dan se približava; blizu je već svjetlo što tminu izgoni.'

¹²They change the night into day; the light [they imagine] near in presence of the darkness.

¹³A meni je nada otići u Šeol i prostrijeti sebi ležaj u mrklini.

¹³If I wait, Sheol is my house; I spread my bed in the darkness:

¹⁴Dovikujem grobu: 'Oče moj rođeni!' a crve pozdravljam: 'Mati moja, sestro!'

¹⁴I cry to the grave, Thou art my father! to the worm, My mother, and my sister!

¹⁵Ali gdje za mene ima jošte nade? Sreću moju tko će ikada vidjeti?

¹⁵And where is then my hope? yea, my hope, who shall see it?

¹⁶Hoće li u Šeol ona sa mnom sići da u prahu zajedno otpočinemo?"

¹⁶It shall go down to the bars of Sheol, when [our] rest shall be together in the dust.