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

¹روحي تلفت. ايامي انطفأت. انما القبور لي

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

²لولا المخاتلون عندي وعيني تبيت على مشاجراتهم.

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

³كن ضامني عند نفسك. من هو الذي يصفق يدي.

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

⁴لانك منعت قلبهم عن الفطنة. لاجل ذلك لا ترفعهم.

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

⁵الذي يسلم الاصحاب للسلب تتلف عيون بنيه.

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

⁶اوقفني مثلا للشعوب وصرت للبصق في الوجه.

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

⁷كلت عيني من الحزن واعضائي كلها كالظل.

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

⁸يتعجب المستقيمون من هذا والبريء ينتهض على الفاجر.

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

⁹اما الصدّيق فيستمسك بطريقه والطاهر اليدين يزداد قوة

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

¹⁰ولكن ارجعوا كلكم وتعالوا فلا اجد فيكم حكيما.

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

¹¹ايامي قد عبرت. مقاصدي إرث قلبي قد انتزعت.

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

¹²يجعلون الليل نهارا نورا قريبا للظلمة.

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

¹³اذا رجوت الهاوية بيتا لي وفي الظلام مهدت فراشي

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

¹⁴وقلت للقبر انت ابي وللدود انت امي واختي

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

¹⁵فاين اذا آمالي. آمالي. من يعاينها.

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

¹⁶تهبط الى مغاليق الهاوية اذ ترتاح معا في التراب