¹Ajalku sudah dekat, hampir putuslah napasku; hanyalah kuburan yang tinggal bagiku.

¹My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, The grave is [ready] for me.

²Orang menjadikan aku bahan ejekan; kulihat betapa mereka melontarkan sindiran.

²Surely there are mockers with me, And mine eye dwelleth upon their provocation.

³Aku ini jujur, ya Allah. Percayalah padaku! Siapa lagi yang dapat menyokong perkataanku?

³Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; Who is there that will strike hands with me?

⁴Kaututup hati mereka sehingga tak mengerti; jangan sampai mereka menundukkan aku kini.

⁴For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: Therefore shalt thou not exalt [them].

⁵Menurut pepatah, siapa mengadukan teman demi keuntungan, anak-anaknya sendiri akan menerima pembalasan.

⁵He that denounceth his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.

⁶Kini aku disindir dengan pepatah itu; mereka datang untuk meludahi mukaku.

⁶But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face.

⁷Mataku kabur karena dukacita; seluruh tubuhku kurus merana.

⁷Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow.

⁸Orang yang saleh, terkejut dan heran; orang yang tak bersalah, menganggap aku tidak bertuhan.

⁸Upright men shall be astonished at this, And the innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.

⁹Orang yang baik dan yang tidak bersalah, makin yakin cara hidupnya berkenan kepada Allah.

⁹Yet shall the righteous hold on his way, And he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger.

¹⁰Tapi seandainya kamu semua datang ke mari, tak seorang bijaksana pun yang akan kudapati.

¹⁰But as for you all, come on now again; And I shall not find a wise man among you.

¹¹Hari-hariku telah lalu, gagallah segala rencanaku; hilang pula semua cita-cita hatiku.

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

¹²Tetapi sahabat-sahabatku berkata, 'Malam itu siang dan terang hampir tiba.' Namun aku tahu dalam hatiku bahwa tetap gelaplah keadaanku.

¹²They change the night into day: The light, [say they], is near unto the darkness.

¹³Hanya dunia mautlah yang kuharapkan, di sanalah aku akan tidur dalam kegelapan.

¹³If I look for Sheol as my house; If I have spread my couch in the darkness;

¹⁴Kuburku kunamakan "Ayahku", dan cacing-cacing pemakan tubuhku kusebut "Ibu" dan "Saudara perempuanku".

¹⁴If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, [Thou art] my mother, and my sister;

¹⁵Di manakah harapan bagiku; siapa melihat adanya bahagia untukku?

¹⁵Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?

¹⁶Apabila aku turun ke dunia orang mati, aku tidak mempunyai harapan lagi."

¹⁶It shall go down to the bars of Sheol, When once there is rest in the dust.