¹My soul is weary of my life: I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

¹Maharikoriko ahy ny aiko; Hamoaka ny fitarainako aho sy hiteny noho ny fangidian'ny fanahiko

²I will say unto +God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou strivest with me.

²Hanao amin'Andriamanitra hoe aho: Aza manameloka ahy; Mba ampahalalao izay anton'ny iadianao amiko aho.

³Doth it please thee to oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

³Mahafaly Anao va ny hampahory sy hanary ny efa nisasaranao ka hamirapiratra amin'ny fisainan'ny ratsy fanahy?

⁴Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?

⁴Manana maso nofo va Hianao? Na mijery tahaka ny fijerin'ny zanak'olombelona?

⁵Are thy days as the days of a mortal? are thy years as a man's days,

⁵Tahaka ny andron'ny zanak'olombelona va ny andronao? Na tahaka ny taonan'ny olombelona ny taonanao,

⁶That thou searchest after mine iniquity, and inquirest into my sin;

⁶No dia mikaroka izay heloko Hianao sy mikatsaka izay fahotako,

⁷Since thou knowest that I am not wicked, and that there is none that delivereth out of thy hand?

⁷Na dia fantatrao aza fa tsy mba ratsy fanahy aho, ary tsy misy mahavonjy amin'ny tananao?

⁸Thy hands have bound me together and made me as one, round about; yet dost thou swallow me up!

⁸Ny tananao ihany no namorona ahy ka nanisy endrika izao tenako rehetra izao, kanjo levoninao indray aho izao.

⁹Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as clay, and wilt bring me into dust again.

⁹Masina Hianao, tsarovy fa notefenao toy ny tanimanga aho, ka hamerina ahy amin'ny vovoka indray Hianao!

¹⁰Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?

¹⁰Tsy naidinao toy ny ronono va aho ka nampandrinao toy ny ronono-mandry?

¹¹Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews;

¹¹Eny, notafianao hoditra sy nofo aho ary norarinao tamin'ny taolana sy ny ozatra.

¹²Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy care hath preserved my spirit;

¹²Aina sy famindram-po no nomenao ahy; Ary ny fiahianao no niaro ny aiko.

¹³And these things didst thou hide in thy heart; I know that this was with thee.

¹³Saingy izao no nafeninao tao am-ponao, eny, fantatro fa tao aminao izao:

¹⁴If I sinned, thou wouldest mark me, and thou wouldest not acquit me of mine iniquity.

¹⁴Raha manota aho, dia mamantatra ahy Hianao ka tsy manafaka ahy amin'ny heloko.

¹⁵If I were wicked, woe unto me! and righteous, I will not lift up my head, being [so] full of shame, and beholding mine affliction; --

¹⁵Raha meloka aho, dia lozako! Ary na dia marina aza aho, dia tsy ho sahy miandrandra, satria feno henatra sady mahatsiaro fahoriana aho.

¹⁶And it increaseth: thou huntest me as a fierce lion; and ever again thou shewest thy marvellous power upon me.

¹⁶Fa raha sahy miandrandra aho, dia hihaza ahy tahaka ny liona masiaka Hianao; Ary hiverina indray Hianao, ka ho mahagaga ny famelinao ahy.

¹⁷Thou renewest thy witnesses before me and increasest thy displeasure against me; successions [of evil] and a time of toil are with me.

¹⁷Mbola hanangana vavolombelona vaovao mandrakariva hanameloka ahy Hianao sy hampitombo ny fahatezeranao amiko; Fahavalo mifanontona no mamely ahy.

¹⁸And wherefore didst thou bring me forth out of the womb? I had expired, and no eye had seen me.

¹⁸Ka nahoana no namoaka ahy foana avy tany am-bohoka Hianao? Fa raha tsy izany, dia ho niala aina aho, ka tsy mba nisy maso nahita ahy akory.

¹⁹I should be as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.

¹⁹Ary efa toy ny tsy ary aho. Ka nentina avy tany an-kibo ho any am-pasana.

²⁰Are not my days few? cease then and let me alone, that I may revive a little,

²⁰Tsy vitsy va ny androko? Koa mitsahara Hianao, mihataha mba hakako aina kely,

²¹Before I go, and never to return, -- to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

²¹Dieny tsy mbola lasa tsy hiverina aho, dia ho any amin'ny tanin'ny aizina sy ny aloky ny fahafatesana,Ho any amin'ny tany maizim-pito, dia ny an'ny aloky ny fahafatesana sy ny fikorontanana, sady maizim-pito ny famirapiratana any.

²²A land of gloom, as darkness itself; of the shadow of death, without any order, where the light is as thick darkness.

²²Ho any amin'ny tany maizim-pito, dia ny an'ny aloky ny fahafatesana sy ny fikorontanana, sady maizim-pito ny famirapiratana any.