1“Kuv txojsia twb yuav tu. Kuv ua tsis taus pa lawm; tsis tshuav ib yam dabtsi rau kuv li, tsuas tshuav lub qhov ntxa qhib lug tos kuv xwb. 2Kuv saib ntsoov luag txob thuam kuv mob kawg li. 3Vajtswv, kuv yeej ua ncaj. Thov koj mloog kuv tej lus. Yeej tsis muaj leejtwg mloog kuv tej lus li. 4Koj kaw lawv lub siab kom lawv tsis totaub; thov tsis txhob pub lawv kovyeej kuv. 5Tus neeg uas dag nws tus phoojywg nyiaj yuav, nws tej menyuam yuav raug kev txomnyem vim tej uas nws ua ntawd. 6Vajtswv ua rau kuv raug luag hais tsis zoo; thiab luag nti qaubncaug rau kuv ntsej muag. 7Kuv tej kev quaj ntsuag ua rau kuv lub qhovmuag tsis pom kev; kuv ob txhais npab thiab ob sab ceg qhuav qhawv ib yam li tej mojzeej. 8Cov neeg uas khav hais tias lawv ncaj ncees yuav xav tsis thoob tej no, thiab lawv thuam hais tias kuv tsis hwm Vajtswv. 9Cov neeg uas muaj meejmom khav hais tias lawv yog cov ncaj ncees tshaj. 10Tiamsis yog lawv cov ntawd tuaj sawv tabmeeg kuv, kuv pom hais tias lawv tsis muaj ib tug ntse li.
11“Kuv lub sijhawm twb dhau lawm, tej uas kuv npaj siab ua tsis tau tiav; kuv tas kev cia siab lawm. 12Tiamsis kuv tej phoojywg hais tias hmo ntuj yuav hloov ua nruab hnub, lawv hais tias qhov kaj twb los ze lawm, tiamsis kuv pom hais tias kuv tseem nyob hauv qhov uas tsaus ntuj nti. 13Kuv txojkev cia siab tsuas yog tubtuag teb xwb, yog qhov chaw tsaus ntuj nti uas kuv yuav mus pw. 14Kuv yuav hu lub qhov ntxa ua kuv txiv, thiab hu tej kas uas noj kuv ua kuv niam thiab kuv cov muam. 15Kuv tseem tshuav kev cia siab thiab los? Leejtwg pom hais tias tseem muaj kev cia siab? 16Thaum kuv mus rau hauv tubtuag teb, kuv tsis muaj kev cia siab li lawm.”
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1My spirit is broken, my days are cut short, the grave awaits me. 2Surely mockers surround me; my eyes must dwell on their hostility.
3“Give me, O God, the pledge you demand. Who else will put up security for me? 4You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore you will not let them triumph. 5If anyone denounces their friends for reward, the eyes of their children will fail.
6“God has made me a byword to everyone, a man in whose face people spit. 7My eyes have grown dim with grief; my whole frame is but a shadow. 8The upright are appalled at this; the innocent are aroused against the ungodly. 9Nevertheless, the righteous will hold to their ways, and those with clean hands will grow stronger.
10“But come on, all of you, try again! I will not find a wise man among you. 11My days have passed, my plans are shattered. Yet the desires of my heart 12turn night into day; in the face of the darkness light is near. 13If the only home I hope for is the grave, if I spread out my bed in the realm of darkness, 14if I say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother’ or ‘My sister,’ 15where then is my hope— who can see any hope for me? 16Will it go down to the gates of death? Will we descend together into the dust?”