KG	Most pedig nevetnek rajtam, akik fiatalabbak nálam, akiknek atyjokat az én juhaimnak komondorai közé sem számláltam volna.
AS	But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, Whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.
KJV	But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.

KG	Mire való lett volna nékem még kezök ereje is? Rájok nézve a vénség elveszett!
AS	Yea, the strength of their hands, whereto should it profit me? Men in whom ripe age is perished.
KJV	Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?

KG	Szükség és éhség miatt összeaszottak, akik a kopár földet futják, a sötét, sivatag pusztaságot.
AS	They are gaunt with want and famine; They gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of wasteness and desolation.
KJV	For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.

KG	Akik keserű füvet tépnek a bokor mellett, és rekettyegyökér a kenyerök.
AS	They pluck salt-wort by the bushes; And the roots of the broom are their food.
KJV	Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.

KG	Az emberek közül kiűzik őket, úgy hurítják őket, mint a tolvajt.
AS	They are driven forth from the midst `of men'; They cry after them as after a thief;
KJV	They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;)

KG	Félelmetes völgyekben kell lakniok, a földnek és szikláknak hasadékaiban.
AS	So that they dwell in frightful valleys, In holes of the earth and of the rocks.
KJV	To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks.

KG	A bokrok között ordítanak, a csalánok alatt gyülekeznek.
AS	Among the bushes they bray; Under the nettles they are gathered together.
KJV	Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.

KG	Esztelen legények, sőt becstelen fiak, akiket kivertek az országból.
AS	`They are' children of fools, yea, children of base men; They were scourged out of the land.
KJV	They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.

KG	És most ezeknek lettem gúnydalává, nékik levék beszédtárgyuk!
AS	And now I am become their song, Yea, I am a byword unto them.
KJV	And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.

KG	Útálnak engem, messze távoznak tőlem, és nem átalanak pökdösni előttem.
AS	They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, And spare not to spit in my face.
KJV	They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.

KG	Sőt leoldják kötelöket és bántalmaznak engem, és a zabolát előttem kivetik.
AS	For he hath loosed his cord, and afflicted me; And they have cast off the bridle before me.
KJV	Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.

KG	Jobb felől ifjak támadnak ellenem, gáncsot vetnek lábaimnak, és ösvényt törnek felém, hogy megrontsanak.
AS	Upon my right hand rise the rabble; They thrust aside my feet, And they cast up against me their ways of destruction.
KJV	Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.

KG	Az én útamat elrontják, romlásomat öregbítik, nincsen segítség ellenök.
AS	They mar my path, They set forward my calamity, `Even' men that have no helper.
KJV	They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.

KG	Mint valami széles résen, úgy rontanak elő, pusztulás között hömpölyögnek ide.
AS	As through a wide breach they come: In the midst of the ruin they roll themselves `upon me'.
KJV	They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.

KG	Rettegések fordultak ellenem, mint vihar űzik el tisztességemet, boldogságom eltünt, mint a felhő.
AS	Terrors are turned upon me; They chase mine honor as the wind; And my welfare is passed away as a cloud.
KJV	Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.

KG	Mostan azért enmagamért ontja ki magát lelkem; nyomorúságnak napjai fognak meg engem.
AS	And now my soul is poured out within me; Days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
KJV	And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

KG	Az éjszaka meglyuggatja csontjaimat bennem, és nem nyugosznak az én inaim.
AS	In the night season my bones are pierced in me, And the `pains' that gnaw me take no rest.
KJV	My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.

KG	A sok erőlködés miatt elváltozott az én ruházatom; úgy szorít engem, mint a köntösöm galléra.
AS	By `God's' great force is my garment disfigured; It bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
KJV	By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.

KG	A sárba vetett engem, hasonlóvá lettem porhoz és hamuhoz.
AS	He hath cast me into the mire, And I am become like dust and ashes.
KJV	He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.

KG	Kiáltok hozzád, de nem felelsz; megállok és csak nézel reám!
AS	I cry unto thee, and thou dost not answer me: I stand up, and thou gazest at me.
KJV	I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.

KG	Kegyetlenné változtál irántam; kezed erejével harcolsz ellenem.
AS	Thou art turned to be cruel to me; With the might of thy hand thou persecutest me.
KJV	Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.

KG	Felemelsz, szélnek eresztesz engem, és széttépsz engem a viharban.
AS	Thou liftest me up to the wind, thou causest me to ride `upon it'; And thou dissolvest me in the storm.
KJV	Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance.

KG	Hiszen tudtam, hogy visszatérítesz engem a halálba, és a minden élő gyülekező házába;
AS	For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, And to the house appointed for all living.
KJV	For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.

KG	De a roskadóban levő ne nyujtsa-é ki kezét? Avagy ha veszendőben van, ne kiáltson-é segítségért?
AS	Howbeit doth not one stretch out the hand in his fall? Or in his calamity therefore cry for help?
KJV	Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.

KG	Avagy nem sírtam-é azon, akinek kemény napja volt; a szűkölködő miatt nem volt-é lelkem szomorú?
AS	Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?
KJV	Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?

KG	Bizony jót reméltem és rossz következék, világosságot vártam és homály jöve.
AS	When I looked for good, then evil came; And when I waited for light, there came darkness.
KJV	When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

KG	Az én bensőm forr és nem nyugoszik; megrohantak engem a nyomorúságnak napjai.
AS	My heart is troubled, and resteth not; Days of affliction are come upon me.
KJV	My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.

KG	Feketülten járok, de nem a nap hősége miatt; felkelek a gyülekezetben és kiáltozom.
AS	I go mourning without the sun: I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.
KJV	I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.

KG	Atyjok fiává lettem a sakáloknak, és társokká a struc madaraknak.
AS	I am a brother to jackals, And a companion to ostriches.
KJV	I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.

KG	Bőröm feketülten hámlik le rólam, és csontom elég a hőség miatt.
AS	My skin is black, `and falleth' from me, And my bones are burned with heat.
KJV	My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.

KG	Hegedűm sírássá változék, sípom pedig jajgatók szavává.
AS	Therefore is my harp `turned' to mourning, And my pipe into the voice of them that weep.
KJV	My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.