| 1 | My spirit shall be wasted, my days shall be shortened, and only the grave remaineth for me. |
| 2 | I have not sinned, and my eye abideth in bitterness. |
| 3 | Deliver me O Lord, and set me beside thee, and let any man's hand fight against me. |
| 4 | Thou hast set their heart far from understanding, therefore they shall not be exalted. |
| 5 | He promiseth a prey to his companions, and the eyes of his children shall fail. |
| 6 | He hath made me as it were a byword of the people, and I am an example before them. |
| 7 | My eye is dim through indignation, and my limbs are brought as it were to nothing. |
| 8 | The just shall be astonished at this, and the innocent shall be raised up against the hypocrite. |
| 9 | And the just man shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. |
| 10 | Wherefore be you all converted, and come, and I shall not find among you any wise man. |
| 11 | My days have passed away, my thoughts are dissipated, tormenting my heart. |
| 12 | They have turned night into day, and after darkness I hope for light again. |
| 13 | If I wait hell is my house, and I have made my bed in darkness. |
| 14 | If I have said to rottenness: Thou art my father; to worms, my mother and my sister. |
| 15 | Where is now then my expectation, and who considereth my patience? |
| 16 | All that I have shall go down into the deepest pit: thinkest thou that there at least I shall have rest? |
