¹Nije l' vojska život čovjekov na zemlji? Ne provodi l' dane poput najamnika?

¹Hath not man a life of labour upon earth? and are not his days like the days of a hireling?

²Kao što trudan rob za hladom žudi, poput nadničara štono plaću čeka,

²As a bondman earnestly desireth the shadow, and a hireling expecteth his wages,

³mjeseci jada tako me zapadoše i noći su mučne meni dosuđene.

³So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.

⁴Liježuć' mislim svagda: 'Kada ću ustati?' A dižuć se: 'Kada večer dočekati!' I tako se kinjim sve dok se ne smrkne.

⁴If I lie down, I say, When shall I rise up, and the darkness be gone? and I am full of tossings until the dawn.

⁵PÓut moju crvi i blato odjenuše, koža na meni puca i raščinja se.

⁵My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and suppurates.

⁶Dani moji brže od čunka prođoše, promakoše hitro bez ikakve nade.

⁶My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.

⁷Spomeni se: život moj je samo lahor i oči mi neće više vidjet' sreće!

⁷Remember thou that my life is wind; mine eye shall no more see good.

⁸Prijateljsko oko neće me gledati; pogled svoj u mene upro si te sahnem.

⁸The eye of him that hath seen me shall behold me no [more]: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.

⁹Kao što se oblak gubi i raspline, tko u Šeol siđe, više ne izlazi.

⁹The cloud consumeth and vanisheth away; so he that goeth down to Sheol shall not come up.

¹⁰Domu svome natrag ne vraća se nikad, njegovo ga mjesto više ne poznaje.

¹⁰He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him again.

¹¹Ustima ja svojim stoga branit' neću, u tjeskobi duha govorit ću sada, u gorčini duše ja ću zajecati.

¹¹Therefore I will not restrain my mouth: I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

¹²Zar sam more ili neman morska, pa si stražu nada mnom stavio?

¹²Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that thou settest a watch over me?

¹³Kažem li: 'Na logu ću se smirit', ležaj će mi olakšati muke',

¹³When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;

¹⁴snovima me prestravljuješ tada, prepadaš me viđenjima mučnim.

¹⁴Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions;

¹⁵Kamo sreće da mi se zadavit'! Smrt mi je od patnja mojih draža.

¹⁵So that my soul chooseth strangling, death, rather than my bones.

¹⁶Ja ginem i vječno živjet neću; pusti me, tek dah su dani moji!

¹⁶I loathe it; I shall not live always: let me alone, for my days are a breath.

¹⁷Što je čovjek da ga toliko ti cijeniš, da je srcu tvojem tako prirastao

¹⁷What is man, that thou makest much of him? and that thou settest thy heart upon him?

¹⁸i svakoga jutra da njega pohodiš i svakoga trena da ga iskušavaš?

¹⁸And that thou visitest him every morning, triest him every moment?

¹⁹Kada ćeš svoj pogled skinuti sa mene i dati mi barem pljuvačku progutat'?

¹⁹How long wilt thou not look away from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

²⁰Ako sam zgriješio, što učinih tebi, o ti koji pomno nadzireš čovjeka? Zašto si k'o metu mene ti uzeo, zbog čega sam tebi na teret postao?

²⁰Have I sinned, what do I unto thee, thou Observer of men? Why hast thou set me as an object of assault for thee, so that I am become a burden to myself?

²¹Zar prijestupa moga ne možeš podnijeti i ne možeš prijeći preko krivnje moje? Jer, malo će proći i u prah ću leći, ti ćeš me tražiti, al' me biti neće."

²¹And why dost not thou forgive my transgression and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I lie down in the dust, and thou shalt seek me early, and I shall not be.