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

¹Efa ho ritra ny aiko; Efa milopilopy ny androko; Efa miandry ahy ny fasana.

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

²Eny, fanesoana tokoa no manodidina ahy, ary tsy maintsy mijery ny filany ady amiko aho.

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

³Masina Hianao, aoka ny tenanao ihany no hiantoka ahy aminao; Fa iza moa no hety hiantoka ahy?

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

⁴Fa ny fon'ireto dia voahidinao tsy hidiran'ny fahalalana; koa izany no tsy hanandratanao azy.

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

⁵Izay manolotra ny sakaizany ho babo, dia ho pahina kosa ny mason'ny zanany.

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

⁶Ary efa nanao ahy ho ambentinteny amin'ny firenena Izy, ka rorany mandrakariva ny tavako.

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

⁷Efa pahina ny masoko noho ny alahelo; Ary efa toy ny aloka ny momba ny tenako rehetra.

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

⁸Ankona noho izany ny olona mahitsy, ary ny tsy manan-tsiny mihendratra mahita ny mpihatsaravela-tsihy.40

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

⁹Fa ny marina mifikitra tsara amin'ny halehany, ary izay madio tanana no hitombo hery.

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

¹⁰Avia avokoa indray ary ianareo rehetra tsy mahita izay olon-kendry eo aminareo aho.

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

¹¹Mihelina ny androko, voaongotra ny fikasako. Dia izay hevitra fikirin'ny foko indrindra;

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

¹²Ny alina ataon'ireny ho antoandro, ary ny mazava ho efa akaiky, nefa tamy ihany ny maizina.

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

¹³Raha mbola misy antenaiko, dia ny fiainan-tsi-hita fonenako ihany; Ao amin'ny maizina no hamelarako ny fandriako.[Heb. Sheola]

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

¹⁴Ny fasana no nantsoiko hoe: Raiko ianao; Ary ny kankana: Reniko sy anabaviko ianao.[Na: Ny fahalòvana]

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

¹⁵Fa aiza ary ny fanantenako? Ary iza no mahita azy?Midina any amin'ny vavahadin'ny fiainan-tsi-hita izany, raha mba hahita fitsaharana ao amin'ny vovoka aho.[Heb. Sheola]

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

¹⁶Midina any amin'ny vavahadin'ny fiainan-tsi-hita izany, raha mba hahita fitsaharana ao amin'ny vovoka aho.[Heb. Sheola]