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挑衅。
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，
手洁的人更有力量。
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他们以黑夜为白昼，
说光明与黑暗相似。
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我的希望会跟我下到阴间，
与我同归尘土吗？”
