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

¹再陈他的痛苦

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

²真有嘲笑人的在我这里，我的眼看着他们的悖逆。

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

³愿你给我保证，亲自为我作保；除你以外有谁肯与我击掌作保呢？

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

⁴你蒙蔽了他们的心，不让他们明白；因此你必不高举他们。

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

⁵为分产业而控告朋友的，他子孙的眼睛也要昏花。

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

⁶他使我成为民众的笑柄，人人都吐唾沫在我的脸上。

⁷My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. All my members are as a shadow.

⁷我的眼睛因忧愁而昏花，我的身体瘦骨如柴。

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

⁸正直人必因此惊讶，要被激发起来，攻击不敬虔的人。

⁹Yet shall the righteous hold on his way. He who has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger.

⁹义人必坚守自己的道路，手洁的人要力上加力。

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

¹⁰然而你们众人，可以再来，在你们中间我找不到一个有智慧的人。

¹¹My days are past, my plans are broken off, as are the thoughts of my heart.

¹¹等候死亡来临我的日子已过，我的谋算和我心中所想的都已粉碎。

¹²They change the night into day, saying ‘The light is near’ in the presence of darkness.

¹²他们把黑夜变为白昼，因为黑暗的缘故，他们就说：‘光明临近了。’

¹³If I look for Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. as my house, if I have spread my couch in the darkness,

¹³我若等待阴间作我的家，在黑暗中铺张我的床榻；

¹⁴If I have said to corruption, ‘You are my father;’ to the worm, ‘My mother,’ and ‘my sister;’

¹⁴我若对深坑说：‘你是我的父亲’，对虫说：‘你是我的母亲，我的姊妹’，

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

¹⁵那么，我的指望在哪里呢？我的指望谁能看得见呢？

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

¹⁶等到安息在尘土中的时候，那些指望必下到阴间的门闩那里。”