KJV

1  Is there not³⁸⁰⁸ an appointed time⁶⁶³⁵ to man⁵⁸² upon⁵⁹²¹ earth?⁷⁷⁶ are not his days³¹¹⁷ also like the days³¹¹⁷ of a hireling?⁷⁹¹⁶

2  As a servant⁵⁶⁵⁰ earnestly desireth⁷⁶⁰² the shadow,⁶⁷³⁸ and as a hireling⁷⁹¹⁶ looketh for⁶⁹⁶⁰ the reward of his work:⁶⁴⁶⁷

3  So³⁶⁵¹ am I made to possess⁵¹⁵⁷ months³³⁹¹ of vanity,⁷⁷²³ and wearisome⁵⁹⁹⁹ nights³⁹¹⁵ are appointed⁴⁴⁸⁷ to me.

4  When⁵¹⁸ I lie down,⁷⁹⁰¹ I say,⁵⁵⁹ When⁴⁹⁷⁰ shall I arise,⁶⁹⁶⁵ and the night⁶¹⁵³ be gone?⁴⁰⁵⁹ and I am full⁷⁶⁴⁶ of tossings to and fro⁵⁰⁷⁶ unto⁵⁷⁰⁴ the dawning of the day.⁵³⁹⁹

5  My flesh¹³²⁰ is clothed³⁸⁴⁷ with worms⁷⁴¹⁵ and clods¹⁴⁸⁷ of dust;⁶⁰⁸³ my skin⁵⁷⁸⁵ is broken,⁷²⁸⁰ and become loathsome.³⁹⁸⁸

6  My days³¹¹⁷ are swifter⁷⁰⁴³ than⁴⁴⁸⁰ a weaver's shuttle,⁷⁰⁸ and are spent³⁶¹⁵ without⁶⁵⁷ hope.⁸⁶¹⁵

7  O remember²¹⁴² that³⁵⁸⁸ my life²⁴¹⁶ is wind:⁷³⁰⁷ mine eye⁵⁸⁶⁹ shall no³⁸⁰⁸ more⁷⁷²⁵ see⁷²⁰⁰ good.²⁸⁹⁶

8  The eye⁵⁸⁶⁹ of him that hath seen⁷²¹⁰ me shall see⁷⁷⁸⁹ me no³⁸⁰⁸ more: thine eyes⁵⁸⁶⁹ are upon me, and I am not.³⁶⁹

9  As the cloud⁶⁰⁵¹ is consumed³⁶¹⁵ and vanisheth away:¹⁹⁸⁰ so³⁶⁵¹ he that goeth down³³⁸¹ to the grave⁷⁵⁸⁵ shall come up⁵⁹²⁷ no³⁸⁰⁸ more.

10  He shall return⁷⁷²⁵ no³⁸⁰⁸ more⁵⁷⁵⁰ to his house,¹⁰⁰⁴ neither³⁸⁰⁸ shall his place⁴⁷²⁵ know⁵²³⁴ him any more.⁵⁷⁵⁰

11  Therefore¹⁵⁷¹ I⁵⁸⁹ will not³⁸⁰⁸ refrain²⁸²⁰ my mouth;⁶³¹⁰ I will speak¹⁶⁹⁶ in the anguish⁶⁸⁶² of my spirit;⁷³⁰⁷ I will complain⁷⁸⁷⁸ in the bitterness⁴⁷⁵¹ of my soul.⁵³¹⁵

12  Am I⁵⁸⁹ a sea,³²²⁰ or⁵¹⁸ a whale,⁸⁵⁷⁷ that³⁵⁸⁸ thou settest⁷⁷⁶⁰ a watch⁴⁹²⁹ over⁵⁹²¹ me?

13  When³⁵⁸⁸ I say,⁵⁵⁹ My bed⁶²¹⁰ shall comfort⁵¹⁶² me, my couch⁴⁹⁰⁴ shall ease⁵³⁷⁵ my complaint;⁷⁸⁷⁹

14  Then thou scarest²⁸⁶⁵ me with dreams,²⁴⁷² and terrifiest¹²⁰⁴ me through visions:^{4480 2384}

15  So that my soul⁵³¹⁵ chooseth⁹⁷⁷ strangling,⁴²⁶⁷ and death⁴¹⁹⁴ rather than my life.^{4480 6106}

16  I loathe³⁹⁸⁸ it; I would not³⁸⁰⁸ live²⁴²¹ always:⁵⁷⁶⁹ let me alone;^{2308 4480} for³⁵⁸⁸ my days³¹¹⁷ are vanity.¹⁸⁹²

17  What⁴¹⁰⁰ is man,⁵⁸² that³⁵⁸⁸ thou shouldest magnify¹⁴³¹ him? and that³⁵⁸⁸ thou shouldest set⁷⁸⁹⁶ thine heart³⁸²⁰ upon⁴¹³ him?

18  And that thou shouldest visit⁶⁴⁸⁵ him every morning,¹²⁴² and try⁹⁷⁴ him every moment?⁷²⁸¹

19  How long⁴¹⁰⁰ wilt thou not³⁸⁰⁸ depart⁸¹⁵⁹ from⁴⁴⁸⁰ me, nor³⁸⁰⁸ let me alone⁷⁵⁰³ till⁵⁷⁰⁴ I swallow down¹¹⁰⁴ my spittle?⁷⁵³⁶

20  I have sinned;²³⁹⁸ what⁴¹⁰⁰ shall I do⁶⁴⁶⁶ unto thee, O thou preserver⁵³⁴¹ of men?¹²⁰ why⁴¹⁰⁰ hast thou set⁷⁷⁶⁰ me as a mark⁴⁶⁴⁵ against thee, so that I am¹⁸⁶¹ a burden⁴⁸⁵³ to⁵⁹²¹ myself?

21  And why⁴¹⁰⁰ dost thou not³⁸⁰⁸ pardon⁵³⁷⁵ my transgression,⁶⁵⁸⁸ and take away^{5674 853} mine iniquity?⁵⁷⁷¹ for³⁵⁸⁸ now⁶²⁵⁸ shall I sleep⁷⁹⁰¹ in the dust;⁶⁰⁸³ and thou shalt seek me in the morning,⁷⁸³⁶ but I shall not³⁶⁹ be.

Sep

1 πότερον οὐχὶ πειρατήριόν ἐστιν ὁ βίος ἀνθρώπου ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς καὶ ὥσπερ μισθίου αὐθημερινοῦ ἡ ζωὴ αὐτοῦ

2 ἢ ὥσπερ θεράπων δεδοικὼς τὸν κύριον αὐτοῦ καὶ τετευχὼς σκιᾶς ἢ ὥσπερ μισθωτὸς ἀναμένων τὸν μισθὸν αὐτοῦ

3 οὕτως κἀγὼ ὑπέμεινα μῆνας κενούς νύκτες δὲ ὀδυνῶν δεδομέναι μοί εἰσιν

4 ἐὰν κοιμηθῶ λέγω πότε ἡμέρα ὡς δ᾽ ἂν ἀναστῶ πάλιν πότε ἑσπέρα πλήρης δὲ γίνομαι ὀδυνῶν ἀπὸ ἑσπέρας ἕως πρωί

5 φύρεται δέ μου τὸ σῶμα ἐν σαπρίᾳ σκωλήκων τήκω δὲ βώλακας γῆς ἀπὸ ἰχῶρος ξύων

6 ὁ δὲ βίος μού ἐστιν ἐλαφρότερος λαλιᾶς ἀπόλωλεν δὲ ἐν κενῇ ἐλπίδι

7 μνήσθητι οὖν ὅτι πνεῦμά μου ἡ ζωὴ καὶ οὐκέτι ἐπανελεύσεται ὁ ὀφθαλμός μου ἰδεῖν ἀγαθόν

8 οὐ περιβλέψεταί με ὀφθαλμὸς ὁρῶντός με οἱ ὀφθαλμοί σου ἐν ἐμοί καὶ οὐκέτι εἰμὶ

9 ὥσπερ νέφος ἀποκαθαρθὲν ἀπ᾽ οὐρανοῦ ἐὰν γὰρ ἄνθρωπος καταβῇ εἰς ᾅδην οὐκέτι μὴ ἀναβῇ

10 οὐδ᾽ οὐ μὴ ἐπιστρέψῃ ἔτι εἰς τὸν ἴδιον οἶκον οὐδὲ μὴ ἐπιγνῷ αὐτὸν ἔτι ὁ τόπος αὐτοῦ

11 ἀτὰρ οὖν οὐδὲ ἐγὼ φείσομαι τῷ στόματί μου λαλήσω ἐν ἀνάγκῃ ὤν ἀνοίξω πικρίαν ψυχῆς μου συνεχόμενος

12 πότερον θάλασσά εἰμι ἢ δράκων ὅτι κατέταξας ἐπ᾽ ἐμὲ φυλακήν

13 εἶπα ὅτι παρακαλέσει με ἡ κλίνη μου ἀνοίσω δὲ πρὸς ἐμαυτὸν ἰδίᾳ λόγον τῇ κοίτῃ μου

14 ἐκφοβεῖς με ἐνυπνίοις καὶ ἐν ὁράμασίν με καταπλήσσεις

15 ἀπαλλάξεις ἀπὸ πνεύματός μου τὴν ψυχήν μου ἀπὸ δὲ θανάτου τὰ ὀστᾶ μου

16 οὐ γὰρ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα ζήσομαι ἵνα μακροθυμήσω ἀπόστα ἀπ᾽ ἐμοῦ κενὸς γάρ μου ὁ βίος

17 τί γάρ ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος ὅτι ἐμεγάλυνας αὐτὸν ἢ ὅτι προσέχεις τὸν νοῦν εἰς αὐτὸν

18 ἢ ἐπισκοπὴν αὐτοῦ ποιήσῃ ἕως τὸ πρωὶ καὶ εἰς ἀνάπαυσιν αὐτὸν κρινεῖς

19 ἕως τίνος οὐκ ἐᾷς με οὐδὲ προΐῃ με ἕως ἂν καταπίω τὸν πτύελόν μου ἐν ὀδύνῃ

20 εἰ ἐγὼ ἥμαρτον τί δύναμαί σοι πρᾶξαι ὁ ἐπιστάμενος τὸν νοῦν τῶν ἀνθρώπων διὰ τί ἔθου με κατεντευκτήν σου εἰμὶ δὲ ἐπὶ σοὶ φορτίον

21 καὶ διὰ τί οὐκ ἐποιήσω τῆς ἀνομίας μου λήθην καὶ καθαρισμὸν τῆς ἁμαρτίας μου νυνὶ δὲ εἰς γῆν ἀπελεύσομαι ὀρθρίζων δὲ οὐκέτι εἰμί

Tan

‎1 ‏הֲלֹא־צָבָ֣א לֶאֱנ֣וֹשׁ על־ עֲלֵי־ אָ֑רֶץ וְכִימֵ֖י שָׂכִ֣יר יָמָֽיו׃

‎2 ‏כְּעֶ֥בֶד יִשְׁאַף־צֵ֑ל וּ֝כְשָׂכִ֗יר יְקַוֶּ֥ה פָעֳלֽוֹ׃

‎3 ‏כֵּ֤ן הָנְחַ֣לְתִּי לִ֭י יַרְחֵי־שָׁ֑וְא וְלֵיל֥וֹת עָ֝מָ֗ל מִנּוּ־לִֽי׃

‎4 ‏אִם־שָׁכַ֗בְתִּי וְאָמַ֗רְתִּי מָתַ֣י אָ֭קוּם וּמִדַּד־עָ֑רֶב וְשָׂבַ֖עְתִּי נְדֻדִ֣ים עֲדֵי־נָֽשֶׁף׃

‎5 ‏לָ֘בַ֤שׁ בְּשָׂרִ֣י רִ֭מָּה וגיש וְג֣וּשׁ עָפָ֑ר עוֹרִ֥י רָ֝גַ֗ע וַיִּמָּאֵֽס׃

‎6 ‏יָמַ֣י קַ֭לּוּ מִנִּי־אָ֑רֶג וַ֝יִּכְל֗וּ בְּאֶ֣פֶס תִּקְוָֽה׃

‎7 ‏זְ֭כֹר כִּי־ר֣וּחַ חַיָּ֑י לֹא־תָשׁ֥וּב עֵ֝ינִ֗י לִרְא֥וֹת טֽוֹב׃

‎8 ‏לֹֽא־תְ֭שׁוּרֵנִי עֵ֣ין רֹ֑אִי¹ עֵינֶ֖יךָ בִּ֣י וְאֵינֶֽנִּי׃

‎9 ‏כָּלָ֣ה עָ֭נָן וַיֵּלַ֑ךְ כֵּ֥ן יוֹרֵ֥ד שְׁ֝א֗וֹל לֹ֣א יַעֲלֶֽה׃

‎10 ‏לֹא־יָשׁ֣וּב ע֣וֹד לְבֵית֑וֹ וְלֹא־יַכִּירֶ֖נּוּ ע֣וֹד מְקֹמֽוֹ׃

‎11 ‏גַּם־אֲנִי֮ לֹ֤א אֶחֱשָׂ֫ךְ פִּ֥י אֲ‍ֽ֭דַבְּרָה בְּצַ֣ר רוּחִ֑י אָ֝שִׂ֗יחָה בְּמַ֣ר נַפְשִֽׁי׃

‎12 ‏הֲ‍ֽיָם־אָ֭נִי אִם־תַּנִּ֑ין כִּֽי־תָשִׂ֖ים עָלַ֣י מִשְׁמָֽר׃

‎13 ‏כִּֽי־אָ֭מַרְתִּי תְּנַחֲמֵ֣נִי עַרְשִׂ֑י יִשָּׂ֥א בְ֝שִׂיחִ֗י מִשְׁכָּבִֽי׃

‎14 ‏וְחִתַּתַּ֥נִי בַחֲלֹמ֑וֹת וּֽמֵחֶזְיֹנ֥וֹת תְּבַעֲתַֽנִּי׃

‎15 ‏וַתִּבְחַ֣ר מַחֲנָ֣ק נַפְשִׁ֑י מָ֝֗וֶת מֵֽעַצְמוֹתָֽי׃

‎16 ‏מָ֭אַסְתִּי לֹא־לְעֹלָ֣ם אֶֽחְיֶ֑ה חֲדַ֥ל מִ֝מֶּ֗נִּי כִּי־הֶ֥בֶל יָמָֽי׃

‎17 ‏מָֽה־אֱ֭נוֹשׁ כִּ֣י תְגַדְּלֶ֑נּוּ וְכִי־תָשִׁ֖ית אֵלָ֣יו לִבֶּֽךָ׃

‎18 ‏וַתִּפְקְדֶ֥נּוּ לִבְקָרִ֑ים לִ֝רְגָעִ֗ים תִּבְחָנֶֽנּוּ׃

‎19 ‏כַּ֭מָּה לֹא־תִשְׁעֶ֣ה מִמֶּ֑נִּי לֹֽא־תַ֝רְפֵּ֗נִי עַד־בִּלְעִ֥י רֻקִּֽי׃

‎20 ‏חָטָ֡אתִי מָ֤ה אֶפְעַ֨ל׀ לָךְ֮ נֹצֵ֪ר הָאָ֫דָ֥ם לָ֤מָה שַׂמְתַּ֣נִי לְמִפְגָּ֣ע לָ֑ךְ וָאֶהְיֶ֖ה עָלַ֣י לְמַשָּֽׂא׃

‎21 ‏וּמֶ֤ה׀ לֹא־תִשָּׂ֣א פִשְׁעִי֮ וְתַעֲבִ֪יר אֶת־עֲוֹ֫נִ֥י כִּֽי־עַ֭תָּה לֶעָפָ֣ר אֶשְׁכָּ֑ב וְשִׁ֖חֲרְתַּ֣נִי וְאֵינֶֽנִּי׃ פ

Vul

1 [Militia est vita hominis super terram,
et sicut dies mercenarii dies ejus.

2 Sicut servus desiderat umbram,
et sicut mercenarius præstolatur finem operis sui,

3 sic et ego habui menses vacuos,
et noctes laboriosas enumeravi mihi.

4 Si dormiero, dicam: Quando consurgam?
et rursum expectabo vesperam,
et replebor doloribus usque ad tenebras.

5 Induta est caro mea putredine,
et sordibus pulveris cutis mea aruit et contracta est.

6 Dies mei velocius transierunt quam a texente tela succiditur,
et consumpti sunt absque ulla spe.

7 Memento quia ventus est vita mea,
et non revertetur oculus meus ut videat bona.

8 Nec aspiciet me visus hominis;
oculi tui in me, et non subsistam.

9 Sicut consumitur nubes, et pertransit,
sic qui descenderit ad inferos, non ascendet.

10 Nec revertetur ultra in domum suam,
neque cognoscet eum amplius locus ejus.

11 Quapropter et ego non parcam ori meo:
loquar in tribulatione spiritus mei;
confabulabor cum amaritudine animæ meæ.

12 Numquid mare ego sum, aut cetus,
quia circumdedisti me carcere?

13 Si dixero: Consolabitur me lectulus meus,
et relevabor loquens mecum in strato meo:

14 terrebis me per somnia,
et per visiones horrore concuties.

15 Quam ob rem elegit suspendium anima mea,
et mortem ossa mea.

16 Desperavi: nequaquam ultra jam vivam:
parce mihi, nihil enim sunt dies mei.

17 Quid est homo, quia magnificas eum?
aut quid apponis erga eum cor tuum?

18 Visitas eum diluculo,
et subito probas illum.

19 Usquequo non parcis mihi,
nec dimittis me ut glutiam salivam meam?

20 Peccavi; quid faciam tibi, o custos hominum?
quare posuisti me contrarium tibi,
et factus sum mihimetipsi gravis?

21 Cur non tollis peccatum meum,
et quare non aufers iniquitatem meam?
ecce nunc in pulvere dormiam,
et si mane me quæsieris, non subsistam.]