1My strength is almost gone.
I won’t live much longer.
A grave is waiting for me.
2People who make fun of me are all around me.
I’m forced to watch as they attack me with their words.
3“God, please pay the price to have me set free.
Who else would put up money for me?
4You have closed the minds of those who are trying to comfort me.
They don’t understand that I haven’t done anything wrong.
So don’t let them win the argument.
5Suppose someone tells lies about their friends to get a reward.
Then their own children will suffer for it.
6“God has made an example of me.
People spit in my face.
7My eyes have grown weak because I’m so sad.
My body is so thin it hardly casts a shadow.
8People who claim to be honest
are shocked when they see me.
Those who think they haven’t sinned
are stirred up against me.
They think I’m ungodly.
9But godly people will keep doing what is right.
Those who have clean hands will grow stronger.
10“Come on, all of you! Try again!
I can’t find a wise person among you.
11My life is almost over. My plans are destroyed.
Yet the desires of my heart
12turn night into day.
Even though it’s dark,
‘Light is nearby.’
13Suppose the only home I can hope for is a grave.
And suppose I make my bed in the darkness of death.
14Suppose I say to the grave,
‘You are like a father to me.’
And suppose I say to its worms,
‘You are like a mother or sister to me.’
15Then what hope do I have?
Who can give me any hope?
16Will hope go down to the gates of death with me?
Will we go down together into the dust of the grave?”
1“我的心灵破碎，我的年日将尽，
坟墓等候着我。
2无疑，嘲笑的人围着我，
我眼睁睁地看着他们戏弄我。
3上帝啊，求你为我作保。
除你以外，谁肯做我的保人？
4你蒙蔽了他们的心智，
因此你必不让他们得胜。
5人为了分产业而控告朋友，
其子孙的眼睛要失明。
6上帝使我成了人们的笑柄，
他们在我脸上吐唾沫。
7哀伤使我眼目昏花，
我整个人骨瘦如柴。
8这使正直的人震惊，
使无辜的人起来讨伐不敬虔的人。
9义人坚守自己的道，
手洁的人力量倍增。
10来吧，你们众人再来，
我在你们中间不会找到一个智者。
11我的年日已尽，
我的计划破灭，
我的心愿落空。
12他们说黑夜是白昼，
声称黑暗就是光明。
13我若期望阴间作我的家园，
在黑暗之地铺设我的床榻，
14称坟墓为父亲，
称蛆虫为母亲、姊妹，
15那么，我的希望在哪里？
谁能看到我的希望？
16我的希望会跟我进入阴间，
与我同归尘土吗？”
