1 E stá mi alma hastiada de mi vida; Daré libre curso a mi queja, Hablaré en la amargura de mi alma.

“I hate my life. I will be free in my complaining. I will show how bitter I am in my soul when I speak.

2 D iré a Dios: No me condenes; Hazme entender por qué contiendes conmigo.

I will say to God, ‘Do not say that I am guilty and punish me. Let me know why You work against me.

3 ¿ Te parece bien que me oprimas, Que deseches la obra de tus manos, Y que favorezcas los designios de los impíos?

Do You think it is right for You to make it hard for me, to turn away from the work of Your hands and favor the plans of the sinful?

4 ¿ Tienes tú acaso ojos de carne? ¿Ves tú como ve el hombre?

Do You have eyes of flesh? Do You see as a man sees?

5 ¿ Son tus días como los días del hombre, O tus años como los días de un mortal,

Are Your days as the days of man, or Your years as man’s years,

6 P ara que inquieras mi iniquidad, Y busques mi pecado,

that You should look for my wrong-doing and my sin?

7 A unque tú sabes que no soy impío, Y que no hay quien de tu mano me libre?

You know that I am not guilty, yet there is no one who can take me away from Your hand.

8 T us manos me hicieron y me formaron; ¿Y luego te vuelves y me deshaces?

‘Your hands put me together and made me, and now would You destroy me?

9 A cuérdate que como a barro me diste forma; ¿Y en polvo me has de volver?

Remember that You have made me as clay. Would You turn me into dust again?

10 ¿ No me vertiste como leche, Y como queso me cuajaste?

Did You not pour me out like milk and make me become hard like cheese?

11 M e vestiste de piel y carne, Y me tejiste con huesos y nervios.

You have given me clothing of skin and flesh, and have tied me together with bones and cord.

12 V ida y misericordia me concediste, Y tu cuidado guardó mi espíritu.

You have given me life and loving-kindness. Your care has kept my spirit alive.

13 P ero he aquí lo que guardabas en tu corazón; Ahora sé que pensabas esto.

Yet You have hidden these things in Your heart. I know that this is in Your thoughts.

14 Q ue si pecaba, me observarías vigilante, Y no me absolverías de mi iniquidad.

If I sin, You would see me, and would not free me from my guilt.

15 S i soy culpable, ¡ay de mí! Y si soy justo, no levantaré mi cabeza, Estando hastiado de deshonra, y de verme afligido.

If I am sinful, it would be bad for me! If I am right and good, I cannot lift my head for I am filled with shame and see all my trouble.

16 S i mi cabeza se alzase, cual león tú me cazarías, Y de nuevo mostrarías tu gigantesco poder contra mí.

If I would lift up my head, You would hunt me like a lion. Again You would show Your power against me.

17 R enuevas contra mí tus pruebas testificales, Y aumentas conmigo tu furor como tropas de relevo.

You would send new ones who would speak against me, and become more angry with me. You would send me more and more trouble.

18 ¿ Por qué me sacaste de la matriz? Hubiera yo expirado, y ningún ojo me habría visto.

‘Why then did You let me be born? If only I had died and no one had seen me!

19 S ería como si nunca hubiera existido, Conducido desde el vientre a la sepultura.

I should have been as if I had never lived, carried from my mother to the grave.’

20 ¿ No son pocos mis días? Cesa, pues, y déjame, para que me consuele un poco,

Are not my days few? Leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort

21 A ntes que me vaya para no volver, A la región de las tinieblas de sombra de muerte;

before I go to a place from which I will not return. I will go to the land of darkness and shadow.

22 T ierra de oscuridad, lóbrega, Como sombra de muerte y sin orden, Y donde la luz misma es como densas tinieblas.

It is the land of complete darkness and shadow and trouble, where the light is darkness.”