1 M y spirit is broken, my days are spent (snuffed out); the grave is ready for me.

«رُوحِي مُكَبَّلَةٌ، وَحَياتِي مُطفَأةٌ، وَالقَبرُ فِي انتِظارِي.

2 S urely there are mockers and mockery around me, and my eye dwells on their obstinacy, insults, and resistance.

يَهزَأُ الجَمِيعُ بِي، وَأنا أُراقِبُ هُجُومَهُمْ عَلَيَّ بِشَراسَةٍ.

3 G ive me a pledge with Yourself; who is there that will give security for me?

«كُنْ أنْتَ ضَامِنِي عِنْدَكَ، فَمَنْ غَيرُكُ يَرضَى أنْ يُصافِحَ يَدِي؟

4 B ut their hearts You have closed to understanding; therefore You will not let them triumph.

لأنَّكَ أغلَقتَ عُقُولَ أصحابِي لِئَلّا يَفهَمُوا، فَلا تَدَعْهُمْ يَرْفَعُونَ أنفُسَهُمْ عَلَيَّ.

5 H e who denounces his friends a prey and get a share, the eyes of his children shall fail.

مَعَ أنَّهُ يُقالُ: ‹الصّاحِبُ يَدْعَمُ أصْحابَهُ، حَتَّى لَوْ تَلِفَتْ عُيُونُ أولادِهِ بُكاءً!›

6 B ut He has made me a byword among the people, and they spit before my face.

جَعَلَنِي اللهُ أُمثُولَةً لِشُعُوبِ الأرْضِ، وَعَيَّنَ وَجْهِي لِلبُصاقِ.

7 M y eye has grown dim because of grief, and all my members are like a shadow.

ضَعُفَتْ عَينايَ مِنَ الحُزنِ. وَصارَتْ أعضاءُ جَسَدِي هَزِيلَةً كَالظِّلِّ.

8 U pright men shall be astonished and appalled at this, and the innocent shall stir himself up against the godless and polluted.

صُدِمَ المُستَقِيمُونَ مِنْ حالَتِي، وَانْزَعَجَ البَريءُ مِنَ الشِّرِّيرِ.

9 Y et shall the righteous (those upright and in right standing with God) hold to their ways, and he who has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger.

يَتَمَسَّكُ الصّالِحُ بِطَرِيقِهِ، وَيَزدادُ طاهِرُ اليَدَينِ قُوَّةً.

10 B ut as for you, come on again, all of you, though I find not a wise man among you.

«لَكِنْ عُودُوا جَمِيعاً لِمُهاجَمَتِي، فَلَنْ أجِدَ شَخصاً حَكِيماً بَينَكُمْ.

11 M y days are past, my purposes and plans are frustrated; even the thoughts (desires and possessions) of my heart.

انقَضَتْ حَياتِي، وَتَمَزَّقَتْ أحلامِي، وَزالَ رَجائِي.

12 T hese extend from the night into the day, the light is short because of darkness.

انقَلَبَتْ حَياتِي. فَصارَ اللَّيلُ نَهاراً، وَالمَساءُ فَجراً.

13 B ut if I look to Sheol (the unseen state) as my abode, if I spread my couch in the darkness,

«إذِ اشتَهَيْتُ الهاوِيَةَ بَيتاً لِي، وَأنْ أجْعَلَ سَرِيرِي فِي الظَّلامِ.

14 I f I say to the grave and corruption, You are my father, and to the worm, You are my mother and my sister,

إذْ قُلْتُ لِلهاوِيَةِ: أنتِ أبِي، وَللِدُّودَةِ: أنتِ أُمِّي أوْ أُختِي،

15 W here then is my hope? And if I have hope, who will see ?

فَأينَ يَكُونُ رَجائِي إذاً؟ وَمَنْ سَيَرى آمالِي بَعْدِي؟

16 s hall go down to the bars of Sheol (the unseen state) when once there is rest in the dust.

هَلْ سَيَهبِطُ رَجائِي مَعِي إلَى مَدخَلِ الهاوِيَةِ، أمْ سَيُدفَنُ مَعِي فِي التُّرابِ؟»