KJV

1  But now⁶²⁵⁸ they that are younger^{6810 3117} than⁴⁴⁸⁰ I have me in derision,^{7832 5921} whose⁸³⁴ fathers¹ I would have disdained³⁹⁸⁸ to have set⁷⁸⁹⁶ with⁵⁹⁷³ the dogs³⁶¹¹ of my flock.⁶⁶²⁹

2  Yea,¹⁵⁷¹ whereto⁴¹⁰⁰ might the strength³⁵⁸¹ of their hands³⁰²⁷ profit me, in whom⁵⁹²¹ old age³⁶²⁴ was perished?⁶

3  For want²⁶³⁹ and famine³⁷²⁰ they were solitary;¹⁵⁶⁵ fleeing⁶²⁰⁷ into the wilderness⁶⁷²³ in former time⁵⁷⁰ desolate⁷⁷²² and waste.⁴⁸⁷⁵

4  Who cut up⁶⁹⁹⁸ mallows⁴⁴⁰⁸ by⁵⁹²¹ the bushes,⁷⁸⁸⁰ and juniper⁷⁵⁷⁴ roots⁸³²⁸ for their meat.³⁸⁹⁹

5  They were driven forth¹⁶⁴⁴ from⁴⁴⁸⁰ among¹⁴⁶⁰ men, (they cried⁷³²¹ after⁵⁹²¹ them as after a thief;)¹⁵⁹⁰

6  To dwell⁷⁹³¹ in the clefts⁶¹⁷⁸ of the valleys,⁵¹⁵⁸ in caves²³⁵⁶ of the earth,⁶⁰⁸³ and in the rocks.³⁷¹⁰

7  Among⁹⁹⁶ the bushes⁷⁸⁸⁰ they brayed;⁵¹⁰¹ under⁸⁴⁷⁸ the nettles²⁷³⁸ they were gathered together.⁵⁵⁹⁶

8  They were children¹¹²¹ of fools,⁵⁰³⁶ yea,¹⁵⁷¹ children¹¹²¹ of base men:^{1097 8034} they were viler⁵²¹⁷ than⁴⁴⁸⁰ the earth.⁷⁷⁶

9  And now⁶²⁵⁸ am¹⁹⁶¹ I their song,⁵⁰⁵⁸ yea, I am¹⁹⁶¹ their byword.⁴⁴⁰⁵

10  They abhor⁸⁵⁸¹ me, they flee far⁷³⁶⁸ from⁴⁴⁸⁰ me, and spare²⁸²⁰ not³⁸⁰⁸ to spit⁷⁵³⁶ in my face.^{4480 6440}

11  Because³⁵⁸⁸ he hath loosed⁶⁶⁰⁵ my cord,³⁴⁹⁹ and afflicted⁶⁰³¹ me, they have also let loose⁷⁹⁷¹ the bridle⁷⁴⁴⁸ before^{4480 6440} me.

12  Upon⁵⁹²¹ my right³²²⁵ hand rise⁶⁹⁶⁵ the youth;⁶⁵²⁶ they push away⁷⁹⁷¹ my feet,⁷²⁷² and they raise up⁵⁵⁴⁹ against⁵⁹²¹ me the ways⁷³⁴ of their destruction.³⁴³

13  They mar⁵⁴²⁰ my path,⁵⁴¹⁰ they set forward³²⁷⁶ my calamity,¹⁹⁴² they have no³⁸⁰⁸ helper.⁵⁸²⁶

14  They came⁸⁵⁷ upon me as a wide⁷³⁴² breaking in⁶⁵⁵⁶ of waters: in⁸⁴⁷⁸ the desolation⁷⁷²² they rolled themselves¹⁵⁵⁶ upon me.

15  Terrors¹⁰⁹¹ are turned²⁰¹⁵ upon⁵⁹²¹ me: they pursue⁷²⁹¹ my soul⁵⁰⁸² as the wind:⁷³⁰⁷ and my welfare³⁴⁴⁴ passeth away⁵⁶⁷⁴ as a cloud.⁵⁶⁴⁵

16  And now⁶²⁵⁸ my soul⁵³¹⁵ is poured out⁸²¹⁰ upon⁵⁹²¹ me; the days³¹¹⁷ of affliction⁶⁰⁴⁰ have taken hold upon²⁷⁰ me.

17  My bones⁶¹⁰⁶ are pierced⁵³⁶⁵ in^{4480 5921} me in the night season:³⁹¹⁵ and my sinews⁶²⁰⁷ take no rest.^{7901 3808}

18  By the great⁷²³⁰ force³⁵⁸¹ of my disease is my garment³⁸³⁰ changed:²⁶⁶⁴ it bindeth me about²⁴⁷ as the collar⁶³¹⁰ of my coat.³⁸⁰¹

19  He hath cast³³⁸⁴ me into the mire,²⁵⁶³ and I am become⁴⁹¹¹ like dust⁶⁰⁸³ and ashes.⁶⁶⁵

20  I cry⁷⁷⁶⁸ unto⁴¹³ thee, and thou dost not³⁸⁰⁸ hear⁶⁰³⁰ me: I stand up,⁵⁹⁷⁵ and thou regardest⁹⁹⁵ me not.

21  Thou art become²⁰¹⁵ cruel³⁹³ to me: with thy strong⁶¹⁰⁸ hand³⁰²⁷ thou opposest thyself against⁷⁸⁵² me.

22  Thou liftest me up⁵³⁷⁵ to⁴¹³ the wind;⁷³⁰⁷ thou causest me to ride⁷³⁹² upon it, and dissolvest⁴¹²⁷ my substance.⁷⁷³⁸

23  For³⁵⁸⁸ I know³⁰⁴⁵ that thou wilt bring⁷⁷²⁵ me to death,⁴¹⁹⁴ and to the house¹⁰⁰⁴ appointed⁴¹⁵⁰ for all³⁶⁰⁵ living.²⁴¹⁶

24  Howbeit³⁸⁹ he will not³⁸⁰⁸ stretch out⁷⁹⁷¹ his hand³⁰²⁷ to the grave,¹¹⁶⁴ though⁵¹⁸ they cry⁷⁷⁶⁹ in his destruction.⁶³⁶⁵

25  Did not³⁸⁰⁸ I weep¹⁰⁵⁸ for him that was in trouble?^{7186 3117} was not my soul⁵³¹⁵ grieved⁵⁷⁰¹ for the poor?³⁴

26  When³⁵⁸⁸ I looked for⁶⁹⁶⁰ good,²⁸⁹⁶ then evil⁷⁴⁵¹ came⁹³⁵ unto me: and when I waited³¹⁷⁶ for light,²¹⁶ there came⁹³⁵ darkness.⁶⁵²

27  My bowels⁴⁵⁷⁸ boiled,⁷⁵⁷⁰ and rested¹⁸²⁶ not:³⁸⁰⁸ the days³¹¹⁷ of affliction⁶⁰⁴⁰ prevented⁶⁹²³ me.

28  I went¹⁹⁸⁰ mourning⁶⁹³⁷ without³⁸⁰⁸ the sun:²⁵³⁵ I stood up,⁶⁹⁶⁵ and I cried⁷⁷⁶⁸ in the congregation.⁶⁹⁵¹

29  I am¹⁹⁶¹ a brother²⁵¹ to dragons,⁸⁵⁷⁷ and a companion⁷⁴⁵³ to owls.^{1323 3284}

30  My skin⁵⁷⁸⁵ is black⁷⁸³⁵ upon^{4480 5921} me, and my bones⁶¹⁰⁶ are burned²⁷⁸⁷ with⁴⁴⁸⁰ heat.²⁷²¹

31  My harp³⁶⁵⁸ also is¹⁹⁶¹ turned to mourning,⁶⁰ and my organ⁵⁷⁴⁸ into the voice⁶⁹⁶³ of them that weep.¹⁰⁵⁸

Sep

1 νυνὶ δὲ κατεγέλασάν μου ἐλάχιστοι νῦν νουθετοῦσίν με ἐν μέρει ὧν ἐξουδένουν πατέρας αὐτῶν οὓς οὐχ ἡγησάμην εἶναι ἀξίους κυνῶν τῶν ἐμῶν νομάδων

2 καί γε ἰσχὺς χειρῶν αὐτῶν ἵνα τί μοι ἐπ᾽ αὐτοὺς ἀπώλετο συντέλεια

3 ἐν ἐνδείᾳ καὶ λιμῷ ἄγονος οἱ φεύγοντες ἄνυδρον ἐχθὲς συνοχὴν καὶ ταλαιπωρίαν

4 οἱ περικλῶντες ἅλιμα ἐπὶ ἠχοῦντι οἵτινες ἅλιμα ἦν αὐτῶν τὰ σῖτα ἄτιμοι δὲ καὶ πεφαυλισμένοι ἐνδεεῖς παντὸς ἀγαθοῦ οἳ καὶ ῥίζας ξύλων ἐμασῶντο ὑπὸ λιμοῦ μεγάλου

5 ἐπανέστησάν μοι κλέπται

6 ὧν οἱ οἶκοι αὐτῶν ἦσαν τρῶγλαι πετρῶν

7 ἀνὰ μέσον εὐήχων βοήσονται οἳ ὑπὸ φρύγανα ἄγρια διῃτῶντο

8 ἀφρόνων υἱοὶ καὶ ἀτίμων ὄνομα καὶ κλέος ἐσβεσμένον ἀπὸ γῆς

9 νυνὶ δὲ κιθάρα ἐγώ εἰμι αὐτῶν καὶ ἐμὲ θρύλημα ἔχουσιν

10 ἐβδελύξαντο δέ με ἀποστάντες μακράν ἀπὸ δὲ προσώπου μου οὐκ ἐφείσαντο πτύελον

11 ἀνοίξας γὰρ φαρέτραν αὐτοῦ ἐκάκωσέν με καὶ χαλινὸν τοῦ προσώπου μου ἐξαπέστειλαν

12 ἐπὶ δεξιῶν βλαστοῦ ἐπανέστησαν πόδα αὐτῶν ἐξέτειναν καὶ ὡδοποίησαν ἐπ᾽ ἐμὲ τρίβους ἀπωλείας αὐτῶν

13 ἐξετρίβησαν τρίβοι μου ἐξέδυσεν γάρ μου τὴν στολήν

14 βέλεσιν αὐτοῦ κατηκόντισέν με κέχρηταί μοι ὡς βούλεται ἐν ὀδύναις πέφυρμαι

15 ἐπιστρέφονται δέ μου αἱ ὀδύναι ᾤχετό μου ἡ ἐλπὶς ὥσπερ πνεῦμα καὶ ὥσπερ νέφος ἡ σωτηρία μου

16 καὶ νῦν ἐπ᾽ ἐμὲ ἐκχυθήσεται ἡ ψυχή μου ἔχουσιν δέ με ἡμέραι ὀδυνῶν

17 νυκτὶ δέ μου τὰ ὀστᾶ συγκέκαυται τὰ δὲ νεῦρά μου διαλέλυται

18 ἐν πολλῇ ἰσχύι ἐπελάβετό μου τῆς στολῆς ὥσπερ τὸ περιστόμιον τοῦ χιτῶνός μου περιέσχεν με

19 ἥγησαι δέ με ἴσα πηλῷ ἐν γῇ καὶ σποδῷ μου ἡ μερίς

20 κέκραγα δὲ πρὸς σὲ καὶ οὐκ εἰσακούεις μου ἔστησαν καὶ κατενόησάν με

21 ἐπέβης δέ μοι ἀνελεημόνως χειρὶ κραταιᾷ με ἐμαστίγωσας

22 ἔταξας δέ με ἐν ὀδύναις καὶ ἀπέρριψάς με ἀπὸ σωτηρίας

23 οἶδα γὰρ ὅτι θάνατός με ἐκτρίψει οἰκία γὰρ παντὶ θνητῷ γῆ

24 εἰ γὰρ ὄφελον δυναίμην ἐμαυτὸν χειρώσασθαι ἢ δεηθείς γε ἑτέρου καὶ ποιήσει μοι τοῦτο

25 ἐγὼ δὲ ἐπὶ παντὶ ἀδυνάτῳ ἔκλαυσα ἐστέναξα δὲ ἰδὼν ἄνδρα ἐν ἀνάγκαις

26 ἐγὼ δὲ ἐπέχων ἀγαθοῖς ἰδοὺ συνήντησάν μοι μᾶλλον ἡμέραι κακῶν

27 ἡ κοιλία μου ἐξέζεσεν καὶ οὐ σιωπήσεται προέφθασάν με ἡμέραι πτωχείας

28 στένων πεπόρευμαι ἄνευ φιμοῦ ἕστηκα δὲ ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ κεκραγώς

29 ἀδελφὸς γέγονα σειρήνων ἑταῖρος δὲ στρουθῶν

30 τὸ δὲ δέρμα μου ἐσκότωται μεγάλως τὰ δὲ ὀστᾶ μου ἀπὸ καύματος

31 ἀπέβη δὲ εἰς πάθος μου ἡ κιθάρα ὁ δὲ ψαλμός μου εἰς κλαυθμὸν ἐμοί

Tan

‎1 ‏וְעַתָּ֤ה׀ שָֽׂחֲק֣וּ עָלַי֮ צְעִירִ֥ים מִמֶּ֗נִּי לְיָ֫מִ֥ים אֲשֶׁר־מָאַ֥סְתִּי אֲבוֹתָ֑ם לָ֝שִׁ֗ית עִם־כַּלְבֵ֥י צֹאנִֽי׃

‎2 ‏גַּם־כֹּ֣חַ יְ֭דֵיהֶם לָ֣מָּה לִּ֑י עָ֝לֵ֗ימוֹ אָ֣בַד כָּֽלַח׃

‎3 ‏בְּחֶ֥סֶר וּבְכָפָ֗ן גַּ֫לְמ֥וּד הַֽעֹרְקִ֥ים צִיָּ֑ה אֶ֝֗מֶשׁ שׁוֹאָ֥ה וּמְשֹׁאָֽה׃

‎4 ‏הַקֹּטְפִ֣ים מַלּ֣וּחַ עֲלֵי־שִׂ֑יחַ וְשֹׁ֖רֶשׁ רְתָמִ֣ים לַחְמָֽם׃

‎5 ‏מִן־גֵּ֥ו יְגֹרָ֑שׁוּ יָרִ֥יעוּ עָ֝לֵ֗ימוֹ כַּגַּנָּֽב׃

‎6 ‏בַּעֲר֣וּץ נְחָלִ֣ים לִשְׁכֹּ֑ן חֹרֵ֖י עָפָ֣ר וְכֵפִֽים׃

‎7 ‏בֵּין־שִׂיחִ֥ים יִנְהָ֑קוּ תַּ֖חַת חָר֣וּל יְסֻפָּֽחוּ׃

‎8 ‏בְּֽנֵי־נָ֭בָל גַּם־בְּנֵ֣י בְלִי־שֵׁ֑ם נִ֝כְּא֗וּ מִן־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

‎9 ‏וְ֭עַתָּה נְגִינָתָ֣ם הָיִ֑יתִי וָאֱהִ֖י לָהֶ֣ם לְמִלָּֽה׃

‎10 ‏תִּֽ֭עֲבוּנִי רָ֣חֲקוּ מֶ֑נִּי וּ֝מִפָּנַ֗י לֹא־חָ֥שְׂכוּ רֹֽק׃

‎11 ‏כִּֽי־יתרו יִתְרִ֣י פִ֭תַּח וַיְעַנֵּ֑נִי וְ֝רֶ֗סֶן מִפָּנַ֥י שִׁלֵּֽחוּ׃

‎12 ‏עַל־יָמִין֮ פִּרְחַ֪ח יָ֫ק֥וּמוּ רַגְלַ֥י שִׁלֵּ֑חוּ וַיָּסֹ֥לּוּ עָ֝לַ֗י אָרְח֥וֹת אֵידָֽם׃

‎13 ‏נָתְס֗וּ נְֽתִיבָ֫תִ֥י לְהַוָּתִֽי³ יֹעִ֑ילוּ לֹ֖א עֹזֵ֣ר לָֽמוֹ׃

‎14 ‏כְּפֶ֣רֶץ רָחָ֣ב יֶאֱתָ֑יוּ תַּ֥חַת שֹׁ֝אָ֗ה הִתְגַּלְגָּֽלוּ׃

‎15 ‏הָהְפַּ֥ךְ עָלַ֗י בַּלָּ֫ה֥וֹת תִּרְדֹּ֣ף כָּ֭רוּחַ נְדִבָתִ֑י וּ֝כְעָ֗ב עָבְרָ֥ה יְשֻׁעָתִֽי׃

‎16 ‏וְעַתָּ֗ה עָ֭לַי תִּשְׁתַּפֵּ֣ךְ נַפְשִׁ֑י יֹ֖אחֲז֣וּנִי³ יְמֵי־עֹֽנִי׃

‎17 ‏לַ֗יְלָה עֲ֭צָמַי נִקַּ֣ר מֵעָלָ֑י וְ֝עֹרְקַ֗י לֹ֣א יִשְׁכָּבֽוּן׃

‎18 ‏בְּרָב־כֹּ֖חַ יִתְחַפֵּ֣שׂ לְבוּשִׁ֑י כְּפִ֖י כֻתָּנְתִּ֣י יַֽאַזְרֵֽנִי׃

‎19 ‏הֹרָ֥נִי לַחֹ֑מֶר וָ֝אֶתְמַשֵּׁ֗ל כֶּעָפָ֥ר וָאֵֽפֶר׃

‎20 ‏אֲשַׁוַּ֣ע אֵ֭לֶיךָ וְלֹ֣א תַעֲנֵ֑נִי עָ֝מַ֗דְתִּי וַתִּתְבֹּ֥נֶן בִּֽי׃

‎21 ‏תֵּהָפֵ֣ךְ לְאַכְזָ֣ר לִ֑י בְּעֹ֖צֶם יָדְךָ֣ תִשְׂטְמֵֽנִי׃

‎22 ‏תִּשָּׂאֵ֣נִי אֶל־ר֖וּחַ תַּרְכִּיבֵ֑נִי וּ֝תְמֹגְגֵ֗נִי תשוה תּוּשִׁיָּֽה׃

‎23 ‏כִּֽי־יָ֭דַעְתִּי מָ֣וֶת תְּשִׁיבֵ֑נִי וּבֵ֖ית מוֹעֵ֣ד לְכָל־חָֽי׃

‎24 ‏אַ֣ךְ לֹא־בְ֭עִי יִשְׁלַח־יָ֑ד אִם־בְּ֝פִיד֗וֹ לָהֶ֥ן שֽׁוּעַ׃

‎25 ‏אִם־לֹ֣א בָ֭כִיתִי לִקְשֵׁה־י֑וֹם עָֽגְמָ֥ה נַ֝פְשִׁ֗י לָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃

‎26 ‏כִּ֤י ט֣וֹב קִ֭וִּיתִי וַיָּ֣בֹא רָ֑ע וַֽאֲיַחֲלָ֥ה לְ֝א֗וֹר וַיָּ֥בֹא אֹֽפֶל׃

‎27 ‏מֵעַ֖י רֻתְּח֥וּ וְלֹא־דָ֗מּוּ קִדְּמֻ֥נִי יְמֵי־עֹֽנִי׃

‎28 ‏קֹדֵ֣ר הִ֭לַּכְתִּי בְּלֹ֣א חַמָּ֑ה קַ֖מְתִּי בַקָּהָ֣ל אֲשַׁוֵּֽעַ׃

‎29 ‏אָ֭ח הָיִ֣יתִי לְתַנִּ֑ים וְ֝רֵ֗עַ לִבְנ֥וֹת יַעֲנָֽה׃

‎30 ‏ע֖וֹרִי שָׁחַ֣ר מֵעָלָ֑י וְעַצְמִי־חָ֝֗רָה מִנִּי־חֹֽרֶב׃

‎31 ‏וַיְהִ֣י לְ֭אֵבֶל כִּנֹּרִ֑י וְ֝עֻגָבִ֗י לְק֣וֹל בֹּכִֽים׃

Vul

1 [Nunc autem derident me juniores tempore,
quorum non dignabar patres ponere cum canibus gregis mei:

2 quorum virtus manuum mihi erat pro nihilo,
et vita ipsa putabantur indigni:

3 egestate et fame steriles, qui rodebant in solitudine,
squallentes calamitate et miseria.

4 Et mandebant herbas, et arborum cortices,
et radix juniperorum erat cibus eorum:

5 qui de convallibus ista rapientes,
cum singula reperissent, ad ea cum clamore currebant.

6 In desertis habitabant torrentium,
et in cavernis terræ, vel super glaream:

7 qui inter hujuscemodi lætabantur,
et esse sub sentibus delicias computabant:

8 filii stultorum et ignobilium,
et in terra penitus non parentes.

9 Nunc in eorum canticum versus sum,
et factus sum eis in proverbium.

10 Abominantur me, et longe fugiunt a me,
et faciem meam conspuere non verentur.

11 Pharetram enim suam aperuit, et afflixit me,
et frenum posuit in os meum.

12 Ad dexteram orientis calamitates meæ illico surrexerunt:
pedes meos subverterunt,
et oppresserunt quasi fluctibus semitis suis.

13 Dissipaverunt itinera mea;
insidiati sunt mihi, et prævaluerunt:
et non fuit qui ferret auxilium.

14 Quasi rupto muro, et aperta janua, irruerunt super me,
et ad meas miserias devoluti sunt.

15 Redactus sum in nihilum:
abstulisti quasi ventus desiderium meum,
et velut nubes pertransiit salus mea.

16 Nunc autem in memetipso marcescit anima mea,
et possident me dies afflictionis.

17 Nocte os meum perforatur doloribus,
et qui me comedunt, non dormiunt.

18 In multitudine eorum consumitur vestimentum meum,
et quasi capito tunicæ succinxerunt me.

19 Comparatus sum luto,
et assimilatus sum favillæ et cineri.

20 Clamo ad te, et non exaudis me:
sto, et non respicis me.

21 Mutatus es mihi in crudelem,
et in duritia manus tuæ adversaris mihi.

22 Elevasti me, et quasi super ventum ponens;
elisisti me valide.

23 Scio quia morti trades me,
ubi constituta est domus omni viventi.

24 Verumtamen non ad consumptionem eorum emittis manum tuam:
et si corruerint, ipse salvabis.

25 Flebam quondam super eo qui afflictus erat,
et compatiebatur anima mea pauperi.

26 Expectabam bona, et venerunt mihi mala:
præstolabar lucem, et eruperunt tenebræ.

27 Interiora mea efferbuerunt absque ulla requie:
prævenerunt me dies afflictionis.

28 Mœrens incedebam sine furore;
consurgens, in turba clamabam.

29 Frater fui draconum,
et socius struthionum.

30 Cutis mea denigrata est super me,
et ossa mea aruerunt præ caumate.

31 Versa est in luctum cithara mea,
et organum meum in vocem flentium.]