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