KG	Még mindig csúfot űznek belőlem! Szemem az ő patvarkodásuk között virraszt.
AS	My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, The grave is `ready' for me.
KJV	My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.

KG	Kezest magadnál rendelj, kérlek, nékem; különben ki csap velem kezet?
AS	Surely there are mockers with me, And mine eye dwelleth upon their provocation.
KJV	Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation?

KG	Minthogy az ő szívöket elzártad az értelem elől, azért nem is magasztalhatod fel őket.
AS	Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself; Who is there that will strike hands with me?
KJV	Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?

KG	Aki prédává juttatja barátait, annak fiainak szemei elfogyatkoznak.
AS	For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: Therefore shalt thou not exalt `them'.
KJV	For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them.

KG	Példabeszéddé tőn engem a népek előtt, és ijesztővé lettem előttök.
AS	He that denounceth his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.
KJV	He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.

KG	A bosszúság miatt szemem elhomályosodik, és minden tagom olyan, mint az árnyék.
AS	But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face.
KJV	He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.

KG	Elálmélkodnak ezen a becsületesek, és az ártatlan a képmutató ellen támad.
AS	Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow.
KJV	Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.

KG	Ám az igaz kitart az ő útján, és a tiszta kezű ember még erősebbé lesz.
AS	Upright men shall be astonished at this, And the innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.
KJV	Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.

KG	Nosza hát, térjetek ide mindnyájan; jőjjetek, kérlek, úgy sem találok bölcset köztetek.
AS	Yet shall the righteous hold on his way, And he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger.
KJV	The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

KG	Napjaim elmulának, szívemnek kincsei: terveim meghiusulának.
AS	But as for you all, come on now again; And I shall not find a wise man among you.
KJV	But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you.

KG	Az éjszakát nappallá változtatják, és a világosság csakhamar sötétséggé lesz.
AS	My days are past, my purposes are broken off, Even the thoughts of my heart.
KJV	My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.

KG	Ha reménykedem is, a sír már az én házam, a sötétségben vetettem az én ágyamat.
AS	They change the night into day: The light, `say they', is near unto the darkness.
KJV	They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.

KG	A sírnak mondom: Te vagy az én atyám; a férgeknek pedig: Ti vagytok az én anyám és néném.
AS	If I look for Sheol as my house; If I have spread my couch in the darkness;
KJV	If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.

KG	Hol tehát az én reménységem, ki törődik az én reménységemmel?
AS	If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, `Thou art' my mother, and my sister;
KJV	I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.

KG	Leszáll az majd a sír üregébe, velem együtt nyugoszik a porban.
AS	Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?
KJV	And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?