1My spirit is broken,
my days are cut short,
the grave awaits me.
2Surely mockers surround me;
my eyes must dwell on their hostility.
3“Give me, O God, the pledge you demand.
Who else will put up security for me?
4You have closed their minds to understanding;
therefore you will not let them triumph.
5If anyone denounces their friends for reward,
the eyes of their children will fail.
6“God has made me a byword to everyone,
a man in whose face people spit.
7My eyes have grown dim with grief;
my whole frame is but a shadow.
8The upright are appalled at this;
the innocent are aroused against the ungodly.
9Nevertheless, the righteous will hold to their ways,
and those with clean hands will grow stronger.
10“But come on, all of you, try again!
I will not find a wise man among you.
11My days have passed, my plans are shattered.
Yet the desires of my heart
12turn night into day;
in the face of the darkness light is near.
13If the only home I hope for is the grave,
if I spread out my bed in the realm of darkness,
14if I say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’
and to the worm, ‘My mother’ or ‘My sister,’
15where then is my hope—
who can see any hope for me?
16Will it go down to the gates of death?
Will we descend together into the dust?”
1「我的心靈破碎，我的年日將盡，
墳墓等候著我。
2無疑，嘲笑的人圍著我，
我眼睜睜地看著他們戲弄我。
3上帝啊，求你為我作保。
除你以外，誰肯做我的保人？
4你蒙蔽了他們的心智，
因此你必不讓他們得勝。
5人為了分產業而控告朋友，
其子孫的眼睛要失明。
6上帝使我成了人們的笑柄，
他們在我臉上吐唾沫。
7哀傷使我眼目昏花，
我整個人骨瘦如柴。
8這使正直的人震驚，
使無辜的人起來討伐不敬虔的人。
9義人堅守自己的道，
手潔的人力量倍增。
10來吧，你們眾人再來，
我在你們中間不會找到一個智者。
11我的年日已盡，
我的計劃破滅，
我的心願落空。
12他們說黑夜是白晝，
聲稱黑暗就是光明。
13我若期望陰間作我的家園，
在黑暗之地鋪設我的床榻，
14稱墳墓為父親，
稱蛆蟲為母親、姊妹，
15那麼，我的希望在哪裡？
誰能看到我的希望？
16我的希望會跟我進入陰間，
與我同歸塵土嗎？」
