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1但如今，比我年少的人戏笑我；其人之父我曾藐视，不肯安在看守我羊群的狗中。“But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to put with my sheep dogs.
2他们壮年的气力既已衰败，其手之力与我何益呢？What use to me was the strength of their hands, since their vigor had left them?
3他们因穷乏饥饿，身体枯瘦，在荒废凄凉的幽暗中，干燥之地，Gaunt from poverty and hunger, they gnawed the dry land, and the desolate wasteland by night.
4在草丛之中采，（小树名，松类）的根为他们的食物。They plucked mallow among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food.
5他们从人中被赶出；人追喊他们如贼一般，They were banished from among men, shouted at like thieves,
6以致他们住在荒谷之间，在地洞和岩穴中；so that they lived on the slopes of the wadis, among the rocks and in holes in the ground.
7在草丛中叫唤，在荆棘下聚集。They cried out among the shrubs and huddled beneath the nettles.
8这都是愚顽下贱人的儿女；他们被鞭打，赶出境外。A senseless and nameless brood, they were driven off the land.
9现在这些人以我为歌曲，以我为笑谈。And now they mock me in song; I have become a byword among them.
10他们厌恶我，躲在旁边站着，不住地吐唾沫在我脸上。They abhor me and keep far from me; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.
11松开他们的绳索苦待我，在我面前脱去。Because God has unstrung my bow and afflicted me, they have cast off restraint in my presence.
12这等下流人在我右边起来，推开我的脚，筑成战路来攻击我。The rabble arises at my right; they lay snares for my feet and build siege ramps against me.
13这些无人帮助的，毁坏我的道，加增我的灾。They tear up my path; they profit from my destruction, with no one to restrain them.
14他们来如同闯进大破口，在毁坏之间滚在我身上。They advance as through a wide breach; through the ruins they keep rolling in.
15惊恐临到我，驱逐我的尊荣如风；我的如云过去。Terrors are turned loose against me; they drive away my dignity as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed like a cloud.
16现在我心极其悲伤；困苦的日子将我抓住。And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction grip me.
17夜间，我里面的骨头刺我，疼痛不止，好像啃我。Night pierces my bones, and my gnawing pains never rest.
18因 神的大力，我的外衣污秽不堪，又如里衣的领子将我缠住。With great force He grasps my garment; He seizes me by the collar of my tunic.
19神把我扔在淤泥中，我就像尘土和炉灰一般。He throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes.
20主啊，我呼求你，你不应允我；我站起来，你就定睛看我。I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer; when I stand up, You merely look at me.
21你向我变心，待我残忍，又用大能追逼我，You have ruthlessly turned on me; You oppose me with Your strong hand.
22把我提在风中，使我驾风而行，又使我消灭在烈风中。You snatch me up into the wind and drive me before it; You toss me about in the storm.
23我知道要使我临到死地，到那为众生所定的。Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.
24然而，人仆倒岂不伸手？遇灾难岂不求救呢？Yet no one stretches out his hand against a ruined man when he cries for help in his distress.
25人遭难，我岂不为他哭泣呢？人穷乏，我岂不为他忧愁呢？Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?
26我仰望得好处，灾祸就到了；我等待光明，黑暗便来了。But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.
27我心里烦扰不安，困苦的日子临到我身。I am churning within and cannot rest; days of affliction confront me.
28我没有日光就哀哭行去（或译：我面发黑并非因日晒）；我在会中站着求救。I go about blackened, but not by the sun. I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.
29我与为弟兄，与鸵鸟为同伴。I have become a brother of jackals, a companion of ostriches.
30我的皮肤黑而脱落；我的骨头因热烧焦。My skin grows black and peels, and my bones burn with fever.
31所以，我的琴音变为悲音；我的箫声变为哭声。My harp is tuned to mourning and my flute to the sound of weeping.