¹Spiritus meus attenuabitur;My spirit will be wasted,dies mei breviabuntur:my days will be shortened,et solum mihi superest sepulchrum.and only the grave will be left for me.

¹Spiritus meus attenuabitur;My spirit will be wasted,dies mei breviabuntur:my days will be shortened,et solum mihi superest sepulchrum.and only the grave will be left for me.

²Non peccavi,I have not sinned,et in amaritudinibus moratur oculus meus.yet my eye remains in bitterness.

²Non peccavi,I have not sinned,et in amaritudinibus moratur oculus meus.yet my eye remains in bitterness.

³Libera me,Free me,Domine,O Lord,et pone me juxta te,and set me beside you,et cujusvis manus pugnet contra me.and let the hand of anyone you wish fight against me.

³Libera me,Free me,Domine,O Lord,et pone me juxta te,and set me beside you,et cujusvis manus pugnet contra me.and let the hand of anyone you wish fight against me.

⁴Cor eorum longe fecisti a disciplina:You have set their heart far from discipline;propterea non exaltabuntur.therefore, they will not be praised.

⁴Cor eorum longe fecisti a disciplina:You have set their heart far from discipline;propterea non exaltabuntur.therefore, they will not be praised.

⁵Prædam pollicetur sociis,He promises prey to his companions,et oculi filiorum ejus deficient.but the eyes of his sons will grow faint.

⁵Prædam pollicetur sociis,He promises prey to his companions,et oculi filiorum ejus deficient.but the eyes of his sons will grow faint.

⁶Posuit me quasi in proverbium vulgi,He has posted me like a proverb to the people,et exemplum sum coram eis.and I am an example in their presence.

⁶Posuit me quasi in proverbium vulgi,He has posted me like a proverb to the people,et exemplum sum coram eis.and I am an example in their presence.

⁷Caligavit ab indignatione oculus meus,My eyesight has been clouded by indignation,et membra mea quasi in nihilum redacta sunt.and my limbs have been reduced, as if to nothing.

⁷Caligavit ab indignatione oculus meus,My eyesight has been clouded by indignation,et membra mea quasi in nihilum redacta sunt.and my limbs have been reduced, as if to nothing.

⁸Stupebunt justi super hoc,The just will be astounded over this,et innocens contra hypocritam suscitabitur.and the innocent will be stirred up against the hypocrite.

⁸Stupebunt justi super hoc,The just will be astounded over this,et innocens contra hypocritam suscitabitur.and the innocent will be stirred up against the hypocrite.

⁹Et tenebit justus viam suam,And the just will cling to his way,et mundis manibus addet fortitudinem.and clean hands will increase strength.

⁹Et tenebit justus viam suam,And the just will cling to his way,et mundis manibus addet fortitudinem.and clean hands will increase strength.

¹⁰Igitur omnes vos convertimini,Therefore, be converted,et venite,all of you,et non inveniam in vobis ullum sapientem.and approach, for I do not find in you any wisdom.

¹⁰Igitur omnes vos convertimini,Therefore, be converted,et venite,all of you,et non inveniam in vobis ullum sapientem.and approach, for I do not find in you any wisdom.

¹¹Dies mei transierunt;My days have passed away;cogitationes meæ dissipatæ sunt,my thoughts have been scattered,torquentes cor meum.tormenting my heart.

¹¹Dies mei transierunt;My days have passed away;cogitationes meæ dissipatæ sunt,my thoughts have been scattered,torquentes cor meum.tormenting my heart.

¹²Noctem verterunt in diem,They have turned night into day,et rursum post tenebras spero lucem.and I hope for light again after the darkness.

¹²Noctem verterunt in diem,They have turned night into day,et rursum post tenebras spero lucem.and I hope for light again after the darkness.

¹³Si sustinuero,If I should wait,infernus domus mea est,the underworld is my house,et in tenebris stravi lectulum meum.and in darkness I have spread out my bed.

¹³Si sustinuero,If I should wait,infernus domus mea est,the underworld is my house,et in tenebris stravi lectulum meum.and in darkness I have spread out my bed.

¹⁴Putredini dixi:I have said to decayPater meus es;and to worms:Mater mea,“You are my father,et soror mea,my mother,vermibus.and my sister.”

¹⁴Putredini dixi:I have said to decayPater meus es;and to worms:Mater mea,“You are my father,et soror mea,my mother,vermibus.and my sister.”

¹⁵Ubi est ergo nunc præstolatio mea?Therefore, where is my expectation now,et patientiam meam quis considerat?and who is it that considers my patience?

¹⁵Ubi est ergo nunc præstolatio mea?Therefore, where is my expectation now,et patientiam meam quis considerat?and who is it that considers my patience?

¹⁶In profundissimum infernum descendent omnia mea:Everything of mine will descend into the deepest underworld; do you think that,putasne saltem ibi erit requies mihi?in that place at least, there will be rest for me?

¹⁶In profundissimum infernum descendent omnia mea:Everything of mine will descend into the deepest underworld; do you think that,putasne saltem ibi erit requies mihi?in that place at least, there will be rest for me?