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

¹Daha mi nestaje, gasnu moji dani i za mene već se skupljaju grobari.

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

²Rugači su evo mene dohvatili, od uvreda oka sklopiti ne mogu.

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

³Stoga me zaštiti i budi mi jamcem kad mi nitko u dlan neće da udari.

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

⁴Jer, srca si njina lišio razuma i dopustiti im nećeš da opstanu.

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

⁵K'o taj što imanje dijeli drugovima, a djeci njegovoj dotle oči gasnu,

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

⁶narodima svim sam na ruglo postao, onaj kom u lice svatko pljunut' može.

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

⁷Od tuge vid mi se muti u očima, poput sjene moji udovi postaju.

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

⁸Začudit će se zbog toga pravednici, na bezbožnika će planuti čestiti;

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

⁹neporočni će na svom ustrajat' putu, čovjek čistih ruku ojačat će još više.

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

¹⁰Hajde, svi vi, nećete li opet počet', tÓa među vama ja mudra ne nalazim!

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

¹¹Minuli su dani, propale zamisli, želje srca moga izjalovile se.

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

¹²'U noći najcrnjoj, dan se približava; blizu je već svjetlo što tminu izgoni.'

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

¹³A meni je nada otići u Šeol i prostrijeti sebi ležaj u mrklini.

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

¹⁴Dovikujem grobu: 'Oče moj rođeni!' a crve pozdravljam: 'Mati moja, sestro!'

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

¹⁵Ali gdje za mene ima jošte nade? Sreću moju tko će ikada vidjeti?

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

¹⁶Hoće li u Šeol ona sa mnom sići da u prahu zajedno otpočinemo?"