¹Homo natus de muliere,Man, born of woman,brevi vivens tempore,living for a short time,repletur multis miseriis.is filled with many miseries.

¹Homo natus de muliere,Man, born of woman,brevi vivens tempore,living for a short time,repletur multis miseriis.is filled with many miseries.

²Qui quasi flos egreditur et conteritur,He comes forth like a flower, and is crushed,et fugit velut umbra,and he flees, as if a shadow,et numquam in eodem statu permanet.and never remains in the same state.

²Qui quasi flos egreditur et conteritur,He comes forth like a flower, and is crushed,et fugit velut umbra,and he flees, as if a shadow,et numquam in eodem statu permanet.and never remains in the same state.

³Et dignum ducis super hujuscemodi aperire oculos tuos,And do you consider it fitting to look down with your eyes on someone in this wayet adducere eum tecum in judicium?and to lead him into judgment with you?

³Et dignum ducis super hujuscemodi aperire oculos tuos,And do you consider it fitting to look down with your eyes on someone in this wayet adducere eum tecum in judicium?and to lead him into judgment with you?

⁴Quis potest facere mundum de immundo conceptum semine?Who can make him clean who is conceived of unclean seed?nonne tu qui solus es?Are you not the only one who can?

⁴Quis potest facere mundum de immundo conceptum semine?Who can make him clean who is conceived of unclean seed?nonne tu qui solus es?Are you not the only one who can?

⁵Breves dies hominis sunt:The days of man are short,numerus mensium ejus apud te est:and the number of his months is with you;constituisti terminos ejus,you have determined his limits,qui præteriri non poterunt.which cannot be surpassed.

⁵Breves dies hominis sunt:The days of man are short,numerus mensium ejus apud te est:and the number of his months is with you;constituisti terminos ejus,you have determined his limits,qui præteriri non poterunt.which cannot be surpassed.

⁶Recede paululum ab eo,Withdraw a little from him,ut quiescat,so that he may rest,donec optata veniat,until his awaited day arrives,sicut mercenarii, dies ejus.like that of the hired hand.

⁶Recede paululum ab eo,Withdraw a little from him,ut quiescat,so that he may rest,donec optata veniat,until his awaited day arrives,sicut mercenarii, dies ejus.like that of the hired hand.

⁷Lignum habet spem:A tree has hope:si præcisum fuerit,if it has been cut,rursum virescit,it turns green again,et rami ejus pullulant.and its branches spring forth.

⁷Lignum habet spem:A tree has hope:si præcisum fuerit,if it has been cut,rursum virescit,it turns green again,et rami ejus pullulant.and its branches spring forth.

⁸Si senuerit in terra radix ejus,If its roots grow old in the earth,et in pulvere emortuus fuerit truncus illius,and its trunk passes into dust,

⁸Si senuerit in terra radix ejus,If its roots grow old in the earth,et in pulvere emortuus fuerit truncus illius,and its trunk passes into dust,

⁹ad odorem aquæ germinabit,at the scent of water,et faciet comam,it will sprout and bring forth leaves,quasi cum primum plantatum est.as when it had first been planted.

⁹ad odorem aquæ germinabit,at the scent of water,et faciet comam,it will sprout and bring forth leaves,quasi cum primum plantatum est.as when it had first been planted.

¹⁰Homo vero cum mortuus fuerit, et nudatus, atque consumptus, ubi, quæso, est?Truly, when a man dies, and has been left unprotected, and has decayed, I ask you where is he?

¹⁰Homo vero cum mortuus fuerit, et nudatus, atque consumptus, ubi, quæso, est?Truly, when a man dies, and has been left unprotected, and has decayed, I ask you where is he?

¹¹Quomodo si recedant aquæ de mari,It is as if the waters had receded from the seaet fluvius vacuefactus arescat:and an emptied river had dried up;

¹¹Quomodo si recedant aquæ de mari,It is as if the waters had receded from the seaet fluvius vacuefactus arescat:and an emptied river had dried up;

¹²sic homo,just so,cum dormierit,when a man is fallen asleep,non resurget:he will not rise again,donec atteratur cælum,until the heavens are worn away;non evigilabit,he will not awaken,nec consurget de somno suo.nor rise from his sleep.

¹²sic homo,just so,cum dormierit,when a man is fallen asleep,non resurget:he will not rise again,donec atteratur cælum,until the heavens are worn away;non evigilabit,he will not awaken,nec consurget de somno suo.nor rise from his sleep.

¹³Quis mihi hoc tribuat,Who will grant this to me,ut in inferno protegas me, et abscondas me donec pertranseat furor tuus,that you will protect me in the underworld, and hide me until your fury passes by,et constituas mihi tempus in quo recorderis mei?and establish a time for me, in which you will remember me?

¹³Quis mihi hoc tribuat,Who will grant this to me,ut in inferno protegas me, et abscondas me donec pertranseat furor tuus,that you will protect me in the underworld, and hide me until your fury passes by,et constituas mihi tempus in quo recorderis mei?and establish a time for me, in which you will remember me?

¹⁴Putasne mortuus homo rursum vivat?Do you suppose that a dead man will live again?cunctis diebus quibus nunc milito,On each of the days in which I now battle,expecto donec veniat immutatio mea.I wait until my transformation occurs.

¹⁴Putasne mortuus homo rursum vivat?Do you suppose that a dead man will live again?cunctis diebus quibus nunc milito,On each of the days in which I now battle,expecto donec veniat immutatio mea.I wait until my transformation occurs.

¹⁵Vocabis me,You will call me and I will answer you;et ego respondebo tibi:to the work of your hands,operi manuum tuarum porriges dexteram.you will extend your right hand.

¹⁵Vocabis me,You will call me and I will answer you;et ego respondebo tibi:to the work of your hands,operi manuum tuarum porriges dexteram.you will extend your right hand.

¹⁶Tu quidem gressus meos dinumerasti:Indeed, you have numbered my steps,sed parce peccatis meis.but you have been lenient with my sins.

¹⁶Tu quidem gressus meos dinumerasti:Indeed, you have numbered my steps,sed parce peccatis meis.but you have been lenient with my sins.

¹⁷Signasti quasi in sacculo delicta mea,You have sealed up my offenses, as if in a purse,sed curasti iniquitatem meam.but you have cured my iniquity.

¹⁷Signasti quasi in sacculo delicta mea,You have sealed up my offenses, as if in a purse,sed curasti iniquitatem meam.but you have cured my iniquity.

¹⁸Mons cadens defluit,A falling mountain flows away,et saxum transfertur de loco suo:and a stone is transferred from its place.

¹⁸Mons cadens defluit,A falling mountain flows away,et saxum transfertur de loco suo:and a stone is transferred from its place.

¹⁹lapides excavant aquæ,Waters wear away stones,et alluvione paulatim terra consumitur:and with a flood the land is reduced little by little;et hominem ergo similiter perdes.and similarly, you will destroy man.

¹⁹lapides excavant aquæ,Waters wear away stones,et alluvione paulatim terra consumitur:and with a flood the land is reduced little by little;et hominem ergo similiter perdes.and similarly, you will destroy man.

²⁰Roborasti eum paululum,You have strengthened him for a little while,ut in perpetuum transiret:so that he may cross over into eternity.immutabis faciem ejus,You will change his faceet emittes eum.and send him forth.

²⁰Roborasti eum paululum,You have strengthened him for a little while,ut in perpetuum transiret:so that he may cross over into eternity.immutabis faciem ejus,You will change his faceet emittes eum.and send him forth.

²¹Sive nobiles fuerint filii ejus,Whether his sons have been noblesive ignobiles,or ignoble,non intelliget.he will not understand.

²¹Sive nobiles fuerint filii ejus,Whether his sons have been noblesive ignobiles,or ignoble,non intelliget.he will not understand.

²²Attamen caro ejus,And in this way his body,dum vivet,while he yet lives,dolebit,will have grief,et anima illius super semetipso lugebit.and his soul will mourn over himself.

²²Attamen caro ejus,And in this way his body,dum vivet,while he yet lives,dolebit,will have grief,et anima illius super semetipso lugebit.and his soul will mourn over himself.