¹Zašto Svesilni ne promatra vremena, a dane njegove ne vide mu vjernici?

¹Why are not times treasured up with the Almighty? why do not they that know him see his days?

²Bezbožnici pomiču granice, otimaju stado i pasu ga.

²They remove the landmarks; they violently take away the flocks and pasture them;

³Sirotama odvode magarca, udovi u zalog vola dižu.

³They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge;

⁴Siromahe tjeraju sa puta; skrivaju se ubogari zemlje.

⁴They turn the needy out of the way: the afflicted of the land all hide themselves.

⁵K'o magarci divlji u pustinji zarana idu da plijen ugrabe: pustinja im hrani mališane.

⁵Lo, [as] wild asses in the desert, they go forth to their work, seeking early for the prey: the wilderness [yieldeth] them food for [their] children.

⁶Po tuđem polju oni pabirče, paljetkuju vinograd opakog.

⁶They reap in the field the fodder thereof, and they gather the vintage of the wicked;

⁷Goli noće, nemaju haljine, ni pokrivača protiv studeni.

⁷They pass the night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold;

⁸Oni kisnu na planinskom pljusku; bez skloništa uz hrid se zbijaju.

⁸They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and for want of a shelter embrace the rock ...

⁹Otkidaju od sise sirotu, ubogom u zalog dijete grabe.

⁹They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor:

¹⁰Goli hode, nemaju haljina; izgladnjeli, tuđe snoplje nose.

¹⁰These go naked without clothing, and, hungry, they bear the sheaf;

¹¹Oni mlina za ulje nemaju; ožednjeli, gaze u kacama.

¹¹They press out oil within their walls, they tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.

¹²Samrtnici hropću iz gradova, ranjenici u pomoć zazivlju. Al' na sve to Bog se oglušuje.

¹²Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out; and +God imputeth not the impiety.

¹³Ima onih koji mrze svjetlost: ne priznaju njezinih putova niti se staza drže njezinih.

¹³There are those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.

¹⁴Za mraka se diže ubojica, kolje ubogog i siromaha. U gluhoj se noći lopov skiće [16a] i u tmini provaljuje kuće.

¹⁴The murderer riseth with the light, killeth the afflicted and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

¹⁵Sumrak žudi oko preljubnika: 'Nitko me vidjet neće', kaže on i zastire velom svoje lice.

¹⁵And the eye of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me; and he putteth a covering on [his] face.

¹⁶[16b]Za vidjela oni se skrivaju, oni neće da za svjetlost znaju.

¹⁶In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in; they know not the light:

¹⁷Zora im je kao sjena smrtna: kad zarudi, silan strah ih hvata.

¹⁷For the morning is to them all [as] the shadow of death; for they are familiar with the terrors of the shadow of death.

¹⁸Prije nego svane, on već hitro bježi kloneći se puta preko vinograda. Njegova su dobra prokleta u zemlji.

¹⁸He is swift on the face of the waters; their portion is cursed on the earth: he turneth not unto the way of the vineyards.

¹⁹K'o što vrućina i žega snijeg upija, tako i Podzemlje proždire grešnike.

¹⁹Drought and heat consume snow waters; so doth Sheol those that have sinned.

²⁰Zaboravilo ga krilo što ga rodi, ime se njegovo više ne spominje: poput stabla zgromljena je opačina.

²⁰The womb forgetteth him; the worm feedeth sweetly on him: he shall be no more remembered; and unrighteousness is broken as a tree, --

²¹Ženu nerotkinju on je zlostavljao, udovici nije učinio dobra.

²¹He that despoileth the barren that beareth not, and doeth not good to the widow:

²²Al' Onaj što snažno hvata nasilnike, ustaje, a njima sva se nada gasi.

²²He draweth also the mighty with his power; he riseth up, and no [man] is sure of life.

²³Dade mu sigurnost, i on se pouzda; okom je njegove nadzirao staze.

²³[God] setteth him in safety, and he resteth thereon; but his eyes are upon their ways.

²⁴Dignu se za kratko, a onda nestanu, ruše se i kao svi drugi istrunu, posječeni kao glave klasovima."

²⁴They are exalted for a little, and are no more; they are laid low; like all [other] are they gathered, and are cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.

²⁵Nije li tako? Tko će me u laž utjerat'? Tko moje riječi poništiti može?"

²⁵If it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?