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

¹“My spirit is consumed. My days are extinct, And the grave is ready for me.

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

²Surely there are mockers with me. My eye dwells on their provocation.

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

³“Now give a pledge, be collateral for me with yourself. Who is there who will strike hands with me?

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

⁴For you have hidden their heart from understanding, Therefore you shall not exalt them.

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

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

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

⁶“But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face.

⁷Mataku kabur karena dukacita; seluruh tubuhku kurus merana.

⁷My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. 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. 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. He who has clean hands shall grow 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; 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 plans are broken off, as are 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, saying ‘The light is near’ in the presence of darkness.

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

¹³If I look for Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. 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, ‘You are my father;’ to the worm, ‘My mother,’ and ‘my sister;’

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

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

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

¹⁶Shall it go down with me to the gates of Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. , or descend together into the dust?”