1 «قَدْ كَرِهَتْ نَفْسِي حَيَاتِي. أُسَيِّبُ شَكْوَايَ. أَتَكَلَّمُ فِي مَرَارَةِ نَفْسِي  | 1 My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. |
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| 2 قَائِلاً ِللهِ: لاَ تَسْتَذْنِبْنِي. فَهِّمْنِي لِمَاذَا تُخَاصِمُنِي! | 2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me. |
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| 3 أَحَسَنٌ عِنْدَكَ أَنْ تَظْلِمَ، أَنْ تُرْذِلَ عَمَلَ يَدَيْكَ، وَتُشْرِقَ عَلَى مَشُورَةِ الأَشْرَارِ؟ | 3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked? |
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| 4 أَلَكَ عَيْنَا بَشَرٍ، أَمْ كَنَظَرِ الإِنْسَانِ تَنْظُرُ؟ | 4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth? |
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| 5 أَأَيَّامُكَ كَأَيَّامِ الإِنْسَانِ، أَمْ سِنُوكَ كَأَيَّامِ الرَّجُلِ، | 5 Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days, |
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| 6 حَتَّى تَبْحَثَ عَنْ إِثْمِي وَتُفَتِّشَ عَلَى خَطِيَّتِي؟ | 6 That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin? |
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| 7 فِي عِلْمِكَ أَنِّي لَسْتُ مُذْنِبًا، وَلاَ مُنْقِذَ مِنْ يَدِكَ. | 7 Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand. |
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| 8 «يَدَاكَ كَوَّنَتَانِي وَصَنَعَتَانِي كُلِّي جَمِيعًا، أَفَتَبْتَلِعُنِي؟ | 8 Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me. |
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| 9 اُذْكُرْ أَنَّكَ جَبَلْتَنِي كَالطِّينِ، أَفَتُعِيدُنِي إِلَى التُّرَابِ؟ | 9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again? |
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| 10 أَلَمْ تَصُبَّنِي كَاللَّبَنِ، وَخَثَّرْتَنِي كَالْجُبْنِ؟ | 10 Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese? |
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| 11 كَسَوْتَنِي جِلْدًا وَلَحْمًا، فَنَسَجْتَنِي بِعِظَامٍ وَعَصَبٍ. | 11 Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews. |
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| 12 مَنَحْتَنِي حَيَاةً وَرَحْمَةً، وَحَفِظَتْ عِنَايَتُكَ رُوحِي. | 12 Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit. |
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| 13 لكِنَّكَ كَتَمْتَ هذِهِ فِي قَلْبِكَ. عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ هذَا عِنْدَكَ: | 13 And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee. |
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| 14 إِنْ أَخْطَأْتُ تُلاَحِظُنِي وَلاَ تُبْرِئُنِي مِنْ إِثْمِي. | 14 If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity. |
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| 15 إِنْ أَذْنَبْتُ فَوَيْلٌ لِي، وَإِنْ تَبَرَّرْتُ لاَ أَرْفَعُ رَأْسِي. إِنِّي شَبْعَانُ هَوَانًا وَنَاظِرٌ مَذَلَّتِي. | 15 If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction; |
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| 16 وَإِنِ ارْتَفَعَ تَصْطَادُنِي كَأَسَدٍ، ثُمَّ تَعُودُ وَتَتَجَبَّرُ عَلَيَّ. | 16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me. |
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| 17 تُجَدِّدُ شُهُودَكَ تُجَاهِي، وَتَزِيدُ غَضَبَكَ عَلَيَّ. نُوبٌ وَجَيْشٌ ضِدِّي. | 17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me. |
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| 18 «فَلِمَاذَا أَخْرَجْتَنِي مِنَ الرَّحِمِ؟ كُنْتُ قَدْ أَسْلَمْتُ الرُّوحَ وَلَمْ تَرَنِي عَيْنٌ! | 18 Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me! |
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| 19 فَكُنْتُ كَأَنِّي لَمْ أَكُنْ، فَأُقَادَ مِنَ الرَّحِمِ إِلَى الْقَبْرِ. | 19 I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave. |
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| 20 أَلَيْسَتْ أَيَّامِي قَلِيلَةً؟ اتْرُكْ! كُفَّ عَنِّي فَأَتَبَلَّجَ قَلِيلاً، | 20 Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, |
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| 21 قَبْلَ أَنْ أَذْهَبَ وَلاَ أَعُودَ. إِلَى أَرْضِ ظُلْمَةٍ وَظِلِّ الْمَوْتِ، | 21 Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; |
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| 22 أَرْضِ ظَلاَمٍ مِثْلِ دُجَى ظِلِّ الْمَوْتِ وَبِلاَ تَرْتِيبٍ، وَإِشْرَاقُهَا كَالدُّجَى». | 22 A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness. |
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