¹Tædet animam meam vitæ meæ;My soul is weary of my life.dimittam adversum me eloquium meum:I will release my words against myself.loquar in amaritudine animæ meæ.I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

¹Tædet animam meam vitæ meæ;My soul is weary of my life.dimittam adversum me eloquium meum:I will release my words against myself.loquar in amaritudine animæ meæ.I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

²Dicam Deo:I will say to God:Noli me condemnare;Do not be willing to condemn me.indica mihi cur me ita judices.Reveal to me why you judge me this way.

²Dicam Deo:I will say to God:Noli me condemnare;Do not be willing to condemn me.indica mihi cur me ita judices.Reveal to me why you judge me this way.

³Numquid bonum tibi videtur,Does it seem good to you,si calumnieris me,if you find fault with me and oppress me,et opprimas me opus manuum tuarum,the work of your own hands,et consilium impiorum adjuves?and assist the counsel of the impious?

³Numquid bonum tibi videtur,Does it seem good to you,si calumnieris me,if you find fault with me and oppress me,et opprimas me opus manuum tuarum,the work of your own hands,et consilium impiorum adjuves?and assist the counsel of the impious?

⁴Numquid oculi carnei tibi sunt?Do you have bodily eyes? Or,aut sicut videt homo,just as man sees,et tu videbis?will you see?

⁴Numquid oculi carnei tibi sunt?Do you have bodily eyes? Or,aut sicut videt homo,just as man sees,et tu videbis?will you see?

⁵Numquid sicut dies hominis dies tui,Are your days just like the days of man,et anni tui sicut humana sunt tempora,and are your years as the times of humans,

⁵Numquid sicut dies hominis dies tui,Are your days just like the days of man,et anni tui sicut humana sunt tempora,and are your years as the times of humans,

⁶ut quæras iniquitatem meam,so that you would inquire about my iniquityet peccatum meum scruteris,and examine my sin?

⁶ut quæras iniquitatem meam,so that you would inquire about my iniquityet peccatum meum scruteris,and examine my sin?

⁷et scias quia nihil impium fecerim,And you know that I have done nothing impious,cum sit nemo qui de manu tua possit eruere?yet there is no one who can deliver from your hand.

⁷et scias quia nihil impium fecerim,And you know that I have done nothing impious,cum sit nemo qui de manu tua possit eruere?yet there is no one who can deliver from your hand.

⁸Manus tuæ fecerunt me, et plasmaverunt me totum in circuitu:Your hands have made me and formed me all around, and,et sic repente præcipitas me?in this way, do you suddenly throw me away?

⁸Manus tuæ fecerunt me, et plasmaverunt me totum in circuitu:Your hands have made me and formed me all around, and,et sic repente præcipitas me?in this way, do you suddenly throw me away?

⁹Memento,Remember,quæso,I ask you,quod sicut lutum feceris me,that you have fashioned me like clay,et in pulverem reduces me.and you will reduce me to dust.

⁹Memento,Remember,quæso,I ask you,quod sicut lutum feceris me,that you have fashioned me like clay,et in pulverem reduces me.and you will reduce me to dust.

¹⁰Nonne sicut lac mulsisti me,Have you not extracted me like milket sicut caseum me coagulasti?and curdled me like cheese?

¹⁰Nonne sicut lac mulsisti me,Have you not extracted me like milket sicut caseum me coagulasti?and curdled me like cheese?

¹¹Pelle et carnibus vestisti me;You have clothed me with skin and flesh.ossibus et nervis compegisti me.You have put me together with bones and nerves.

¹¹Pelle et carnibus vestisti me;You have clothed me with skin and flesh.ossibus et nervis compegisti me.You have put me together with bones and nerves.

¹²Vitam et misericordiam tribuisti mihi,You have assigned to me life and mercy,et visitatio tua custodivit spiritum meum.and your visitation has preserved my spirit.

¹²Vitam et misericordiam tribuisti mihi,You have assigned to me life and mercy,et visitatio tua custodivit spiritum meum.and your visitation has preserved my spirit.

¹³Licet hæc celes in corde tuo,Though you may conceal this in your heart,tamen scio quia universorum memineris.yet I know that you remember everything.

¹³Licet hæc celes in corde tuo,Though you may conceal this in your heart,tamen scio quia universorum memineris.yet I know that you remember everything.

¹⁴Si peccavi,If I have sinned,et ad horam pepercisti mihi,and you have spared me for an hour,cur ab iniquitate mea mundum me esse non pateris?why do you not endure me to be clean from my iniquity?

¹⁴Si peccavi,If I have sinned,et ad horam pepercisti mihi,and you have spared me for an hour,cur ab iniquitate mea mundum me esse non pateris?why do you not endure me to be clean from my iniquity?

¹⁵Et si impius fuero,And if I should be impious,væ mihi est;woe to me,et si justus,and if I should be just,non levabo caput,I will not lift up my head,saturatus afflictione et miseria.being drenched with affliction and misery.

¹⁵Et si impius fuero,And if I should be impious,væ mihi est;woe to me,et si justus,and if I should be just,non levabo caput,I will not lift up my head,saturatus afflictione et miseria.being drenched with affliction and misery.

¹⁶Et propter superbiam quasi leænam capies me,And because of pride, you will seize me like a lioness,reversusque mirabiliter me crucias.and having returned, you torment me to an extraordinary degree.

¹⁶Et propter superbiam quasi leænam capies me,And because of pride, you will seize me like a lioness,reversusque mirabiliter me crucias.and having returned, you torment me to an extraordinary degree.

¹⁷Instauras testes tuos contra me,You renew your testimony against me,et multiplicas iram tuam adversum me,and you multiply your wrath against me,et pœnæ militant in me.and these punishments make war within me.

¹⁷Instauras testes tuos contra me,You renew your testimony against me,et multiplicas iram tuam adversum me,and you multiply your wrath against me,et pœnæ militant in me.and these punishments make war within me.

¹⁸Quare de vulva eduxisti me?Why did you lead me out of the womb?qui utinam consumptus essem,If only I had been consumed,ne oculus me videret.so that no eye would ever see me!

¹⁸Quare de vulva eduxisti me?Why did you lead me out of the womb?qui utinam consumptus essem,If only I had been consumed,ne oculus me videret.so that no eye would ever see me!

¹⁹Fuissem quasi non essem,I should have been as if I had not been:de utero translatus ad tumulum.transferred from the womb to the tomb.

¹⁹Fuissem quasi non essem,I should have been as if I had not been:de utero translatus ad tumulum.transferred from the womb to the tomb.

²⁰Numquid non paucitas dierum meorum finietur brevi?Will not my few days be completed soon? Release me,dimitte ergo me, ut plangam paululum dolorem meum,therefore, so that I may lament my sorrows a little,

²⁰Numquid non paucitas dierum meorum finietur brevi?Will not my few days be completed soon? Release me,dimitte ergo me, ut plangam paululum dolorem meum,therefore, so that I may lament my sorrows a little,

²¹antequam vadam, et non revertar, ad terram tenebrosam, et opertam mortis caligine:before I depart and return no more to a land that is dark and covered with the fog of death,

²¹antequam vadam, et non revertar, ad terram tenebrosam, et opertam mortis caligine:before I depart and return no more to a land that is dark and covered with the fog of death,

²²terram miseriæ et tenebrarum,a land of misery and darkness,ubi umbra mortis et nullus ordo,where the shadow of death,sed sempiternus horror inhabitat.and nothing else but everlasting horror, dwells.

²²terram miseriæ et tenebrarum,a land of misery and darkness,ubi umbra mortis et nullus ordo,where the shadow of death,sed sempiternus horror inhabitat.and nothing else but everlasting horror, dwells.