My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
5 Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days,
6 That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?
7 Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.
8 Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
10 Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
11 Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.
12 Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.
13 And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee.
14 If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
15 If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;
16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.
17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.
18 Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!
19 I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
20 Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
21 Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
22 A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
1Me kra abrɛ me nkwa ho; mɛgyaa m'anwiinwii wɔ me ho so; mɛkasa wɔ me kra mu nwononwono mu.Under pastoral review
2Mɛka akyerɛ Onyankopɔn sɛ, Mmu me fɔ; kyerɛ me deɛ enti wo ne me di asie.Under pastoral review
3Ɛyɛ wo dɛ sɛ wohyɛ so, sɛ wobu wo nsa ano adwuma animtiaa, na wohyerɛn adebɔneyɛfoɔ afotuo so anaa?Under pastoral review
4Wowɔ honam aniwa anaa? anaasɛ wohunu sɛdeɛ onipa hunu anaa?Under pastoral review
5Wo nna te sɛ onipa nna anaa? wo mfeɛ te sɛ onipa nna anaa,Under pastoral review
6A enti wobisa m'amumuyɛ ho asɛm, na wohwehwɛ me bɔne akyi?Under pastoral review
7Wonim sɛ menyɛ ɔdebɔneyɛni; na obiara nni hɔ a ɔbɛtumi agye afiri wo nsam.Under pastoral review
8Wo nsa na ɛyɛɛ me na ɛnwenee me atwa me ho ahyia; nanso wosɛe me.Under pastoral review
9Mesrɛ wo, kae sɛ woayɛ me sɛ dɔteɛ; na wobɛsane de me akɔ mfuturo mu anaa?Under pastoral review
10Woanhwie me angu sɛ nufusuo, na woankyekyere me sɛ kyiisi anaa?Under pastoral review
11Wode wedeɛ ne honam afira me, na wode nnompe ne ntini ayɛ me ban.Under pastoral review
12Woama me nkwa ne adom, na wo nsrahwɛ akora me honhom.Under pastoral review
13Na wode yeinom asie w'akoma mu: menim sɛ yei wɔ wo nkyɛn.Under pastoral review
14Sɛ meyɛ bɔne a, ɛnneɛ wohyɛ me agyiraeɛ, na worennyaa me mfiri m'amumuyɛ mu.Under pastoral review
15Sɛ meyɛ ɔdebɔneyɛni a, me nnue; na sɛ metene a, nanso meremma me ti so. Basabasayɛ ahyɛ me ma; ɛno enti hwɛ m'amanehunu;Under pastoral review
16Efisɛ ɛdɔɔso. Wotaa me sɛ gyata a ne bo yɛ den: na bio woyi wo ho adi sɛ nwanwadeɛ wɔ me so.Under pastoral review
17Woyɛ w'adansefoɔ foforɔ tia me, na wodɔ w'abufuhyeɛ so wɔ me so; nsakraeɛ ne ɔko tia me.Under pastoral review
18Ɛnneɛ adɛn enti na woyii me firii yafunu mu? Ao sɛ anka megyaa me honhom, na anka aniwa biara anhunu me!Under pastoral review
19Anka mɛyɛ sɛdeɛ anka menni hɔ; anka wɔde me bɛfiri yafunu mu akɔ damena mu.Under pastoral review
20Me nna nsua anaa? ɛnneɛ gyae, na gyaa me, na manya awerɛkyekyerɛ kakra,Under pastoral review
21Ansa na mɛkɔ baabi a merensane mmfiri hɔ mmra, asase a esum ne owuo sunsuma wɔ so;Under pastoral review
22Asase a esum wɔ so, sɛ esum ankasa; ne owuo sunsuma, a nhyehyɛeɛ biara nni mu, na baabi a hann te sɛ esum.Under pastoral review