1 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are mine.

1 רוּחִ֣י חֻ֭בָּלָה יָמַ֥י נִזְעָ֗כוּ קְבָרִ֥ים לִֽי׃

2 Are there not mockers around me? and doth [not] mine eye abide in their provocation?

2 אִם־לֹ֣א הֲ֭תֻלִים עִמָּדִ֑י וּ֝בְהַמְּרֹותָ֗ם³ תָּלַ֥ן עֵינִֽי׃

3 Lay down now [a pledge], be thou surety for me with thyself: who is he that striketh hands with me?

3 שִֽׂימָה־נָּ֭א עָרְבֵ֣נִי עִמָּ֑ךְ מִֽי ה֝֗וּא לְיָדִ֥י יִתָּקֵֽעַ׃

4 For thou hast hidden their heart from understanding; therefore thou wilt not exalt [them].

4 כִּֽי־לִ֭בָּם צָפַ֣נְתָּ מִּשָּׂ֑כֶל³ עַל־כֵּ֝֗ן לֹ֣א תְרֹמֵֽם׃

5 He that betrayeth friends for a prey -- even the eyes of his children shall fail.

5 לְ֭חֵלֶק יַגִּ֣יד רֵעִ֑ים וְעֵינֵ֖י בָנָ֣יו תִּכְלֶֽנָה׃

6 And he hath made me a proverb of the peoples; and I am become one to be spit on in the face.

6 וְֽ֭הִצִּגַנִי לִמְשֹׁ֣ל עַמִּ֑ים וְתֹ֖פֶת לְפָנִ֣ים אֶֽהְיֶֽה׃

7 And mine eye is dim by reason of grief, and all my members are as a shadow.

7 וַתֵּ֣כַהּ מִכַּ֣עַשׂ עֵינִ֑י וִֽיצֻרַ֖י כַּצֵּ֣ל כֻּלָּֽם׃

8 Upright men [shall be] astonished at this, and the innocent shall be stirred up against the ungodly;

8 יָשֹׁ֣מּוּ יְשָׁרִ֣ים עַל־זֹ֑את וְ֝נָקִ֗י עַל־חָנֵ֥ף יִתְעֹרָֽר׃

9 But the righteous shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall increase in strength.

9 וְיֹאחֵ֣ז צַדִּ֣יק דַּרְכֹּ֑ו וּֽטֳהָר־יָ֝דַ֗יִם יֹסִ֥יף אֹֽמֶץ׃

10 But as for you all, pray come on again; and I shall not find one wise man among you.

10 וְֽאוּלָ֗ם כֻּלָּ֣ם תָּ֭שֻׁבוּ וּבֹ֣אוּ נָ֑א וְלֹֽא־אֶמְצָ֖א בָכֶ֣ם חָכָֽם׃

11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, the cherished thoughts of my heart.

11 יָמַ֣י עָ֭בְרוּ זִמֹּתַ֣י נִתְּק֑וּ מֹ֖ורָשֵׁ֣י לְבָבִֽי׃

12 They change the night into day; the light [they imagine] near in presence of the darkness.

12 לַ֭יְלָה לְיֹ֣ום יָשִׂ֑ימוּ אֹ֝֗ור קָרֹ֥וב מִפְּנֵי־חֹֽשֶׁךְ׃

13 If I wait, Sheol is my house; I spread my bed in the darkness:

13 אִם־אֲ֭קַוֶּה שְׁאֹ֣ול בֵּיתִ֑י בַּ֝חֹ֗שֶׁךְ רִפַּ֥דְתִּי יְצוּעָֽי׃

14 I cry to the grave, Thou art my father! to the worm, My mother, and my sister!

14 לַשַּׁ֣חַת קָ֭רָאתִי אָ֣בִי אָ֑תָּה אִמִּ֥י וַ֝אֲחֹתִ֗י לָֽרִמָּֽה׃

15 And where is then my hope? yea, my hope, who shall see it?

15 וְ֭אַיֵּה אֵפֹ֣ו תִקְוָתִ֑י וְ֝תִקְוָתִ֗י מִ֣י יְשׁוּרֶֽנָּה׃

16 It shall go down to the bars of Sheol, when [our] rest shall be together in the dust.

16 בַּדֵּ֣י שְׁאֹ֣ל תֵּרַ֑דְנָה אִם־יַ֖חַד עַל־עָפָ֣ר נָֽחַת׃