¹I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me.”

¹Zborovođi. Jedutunu. Psalam. Davidov.

²I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred.

²Odlučio sam: "Čuvat ću put svoj da ne zgriješim jezikom; usta ću svoja zauzdati dokle god preda mnom bude bezbožnik."

³My heart was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned: I spoke with my tongue:

³Zamukoh, zanijemjeh, glasa ne puštah, ali uzalud - bol mi postade gorča.

⁴“Yahweh, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am.

⁴U meni srce je gorjelo, na samu pomisao buknuo bi oganj; tad progovorih svojim jezikom:

⁵Behold, you have made my days handbreadths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath.” Selah.

⁵"Objavi mi, Jahve, moj svršetak i kolika je mjera mojih dana, da znam kako sam ništavan.

⁶“Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn’t know who shall gather.

⁶Evo, pedljem si mi dane izmjerio, život moj je kao ništa pred tobom: tek dašak je svaki čovjek.

⁷Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.

⁷Poput sjene čovjek prolazi tek dašak je sve bogatstvo njegovo: zgrće, a ne zna tko će ga pokupiti."

⁸Deliver me from all my transgressions. Don’t make me the reproach of the foolish.

⁸A sada, čemu da se nadam, Gospode? Sva je nada moja u tebi!

⁹I was mute. I didn’t open my mouth, because you did it.

⁹Izbavi me svih mojih bezakonja, ne daj da ruglo budem luđaku!

¹⁰Remove your scourge away from me. I am overcome by the blow of your hand.

¹⁰Šutim i usta ne otvaram, jer tako si ti učinio.

¹¹When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, You consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath.” Selah.

¹¹Bič svoj otkloni od mene, jer izdišem pod težinom ruke tvoje.

¹²“Hear my prayer, Yahweh, and give ear to my cry. Don’t be silent at my tears. For I am a stranger with you, a foreigner, as all my fathers were.

¹²Ti kaznama popravljaš čovjeka i sve mu najdraže kao moljac rastačeš: tek dašak je svaki čovjek.

¹³Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away, and exist no more.”

¹³Čuj, o Jahve, molitvu moju, vapaje mi poslušaj, na suze se moje ne ogluši! Jer u tebe ja sam došljak, pridošlica kao svi oci moji.

¹⁴Odvrati pogled od mene, da odahnem prije nego odem i više ne budem!