1 “ My spirit is consumed. My days are extinct and the grave is ready for me.My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, The grave is ready for me.내 영은 다 소진되었고, 내 날들은 꺼져 가며, 무덤이 나를 맞을 준비를 마쳤구나.
2 Surely there are mockers with me. My eye dwells on their provocation.Surely there are mockers with me, And mine eye dwelleth upon their provocation.정녕 나를 조롱하는 자들이 내 곁에 있어, 내 눈은 그들의 분노에 찬 도발을 지켜보고 있다.
3 “ Now give a pledge. Be collateral for me with yourself. Who is there who will strike hands with me?Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; Who is there that will strike hands with me?이제 보증을 세워 주십시오. 친히 나를 위해 담보가 되어 주십시오. 누가 나와 손을 잡아 주겠습니까?
4 For you have hidden their heart from understanding, therefore you will not exalt them.For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: Therefore shalt thou not exalt them.주께서 그들의 마음이 깨닫지 못하도록 가리셨으니, 그러므로 주께서는 그들을 높이지 아니하실 것입니다.
5 He who denounces his friends for plunder, even the eyes of his children will fail.He that denounceth his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.친구들을 팔아넘겨 이득을 챙기는 자는, 그 자녀들의 눈마저 멀어 가게 되리라.
6 “ But he has made me a byword of the people. They spit in my face.But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face.그분께서 나를 뭇 사람의 웃음거리로 만드셨으니, 사람들이 내 얼굴에 침을 뱉는구나.
7 My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. All my members are as a shadow.Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow.슬픔으로 인해 내 눈은 흐려졌고, 내 모든 지체는 그림자처럼 야위었다.
8 Upright men will be astonished at this. The innocent will stir himself up against the godless.Upright men shall be astonished at this, And the innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.정직한 사람들은 이 일에 깜짝 놀라며, 죄 없는 자는 경건하지 않은 자를 향해 분개하여 일어날 것이다.
9 Yet the righteous will hold to his way. He who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.Yet shall the righteous hold on his way, And he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger.그래도 의로운 자는 자기 길을 굳게 붙들고, 손이 깨끗한 자는 점점 더 강해지리라.
10 But as for you all, come back. I will not find a wise man among you.But as for you all, come on now again; And I shall not find a wise man among you.그러나 너희 모두는 이제 다시 오라. 나는 너희 가운데서 지혜로운 사람 하나도 찾지 못하겠구나.
11 My days are past. My plans are broken off, as are the thoughts of my heart.My days are past, my purposes are broken off, Even the thoughts of my heart.내 날들은 지나갔고, 내 계획들은 꺾였으며, 내 마음의 생각들도 그러하다.
12 They change the night into day, saying ‘ The light is near’ in the presence of darkness.They change the night into day: The light, say they, is near unto the darkness.그들은 밤을 낮으로 바꾸어, 어둠이 짙은데도 '빛이 가깝다'고 말한다.
13 If I look for Sheol as my house, if I have spread my couch in the darkness,If I look for Sheol as my house; If I have spread my couch in the darkness;내가 스올을 내 집으로 바란다 한들, 어둠 속에 내 잠자리를 편다 한들,
14 if I have said to corruption, ‘ You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘ My mother,’ and ‘ My sister,’If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister;내가 썩어짐을 향해 '너는 내 아버지'라 하고, 구더기를 향해 '너는 내 어머니, 내 누이'라 한다 한들,
15 where then is my hope? As for my hope, who will see it?Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?그렇다면 내 소망은 어디에 있는가? 내 소망을 누가 볼 수 있겠는가?
16 Shall it go down with me to the gates of Sheol, or descend together into the dust?”It shall go down to the bars of Sheol, When once there is rest in the dust.그것이 나와 함께 스올의 문으로 내려가겠는가? 아니면 우리가 함께 흙 속으로 내려가겠는가?