KJV ¹ 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.

WLC ¹ וְעַתָּ֤ה ׀ שָֽׂחֲק֣וּ עָלַי֮ צְעִירִ֥ים מִמֶּ֗נִּי לְיָ֫מִ֥ים אֲשֶׁר־ מָאַ֥סְתִּי אֲבוֹתָ֑ם לָ֝שִׁ֗ית עִם־ כַּלְבֵ֥י צֹאנִֽי׃

KJV ² Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished?

WLC ² גַּם־ כֹּ֣חַ יְ֭דֵיהֶם לָ֣מָּה לִּ֑י עָ֝לֵ֗ימוֹ אָ֣בַד כָּֽלַח׃

KJV ³ For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.

WLC ³ בְּחֶ֥סֶר וּבְכָפָ֗ן גַּ֫לְמ֥וּד הַֽעֹרְקִ֥ים צִיָּ֑ה אֶ֝֗מֶשׁ שׁוֹאָ֥ה וּמְשֹׁאָֽה׃

KJV ⁴ Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.

WLC ⁴ הַקֹּטְפִ֣ים מַלּ֣וּחַ עֲלֵי־ שִׂ֑יחַ וְשֹׁ֖רֶשׁ רְתָמִ֣ים לַחְמָֽם׃

KJV ⁵ They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;)

WLC ⁵ מִן־ גֵּ֥ו יְגֹרָ֑שׁוּ יָרִ֥יעוּ עָ֝לֵ֗ימוֹ כַּגַּנָּֽב׃

KJV ⁶ To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks.

WLC ⁶ בַּעֲר֣וּץ נְחָלִ֣ים לִשְׁכֹּ֑ן חֹרֵ֖י עָפָ֣ר וְכֵפִֽים׃

KJV ⁷ Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.

WLC ⁷ בֵּין־ שִׂיחִ֥ים יִנְהָ֑קוּ תַּ֖חַת חָר֣וּל יְסֻפָּֽחוּ׃

KJV ⁸ They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.

WLC ⁸ בְּֽנֵי־ נָ֭בָל גַּם־ בְּנֵ֣י בְלִי־ שֵׁ֑ם נִ֝כְּא֗וּ מִן־ הָאָֽרֶץ׃

KJV ⁹ And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.

WLC ⁹ וְ֭עַתָּה נְגִינָתָ֣ם הָיִ֑יתִי וָאֱהִ֖י לָהֶ֣ם לְמִלָּֽה׃

KJV ¹⁰ They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.

WLC ¹⁰ תִּֽ֭עֲבוּנִי רָ֣חֲקוּ מֶ֑נִּי וּ֝מִפָּנַ֗י לֹא־ חָ֥שְׂכוּ רֹֽק׃

KJV ¹¹ Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me.

WLC ¹¹ כִּֽי־ פִ֭תַּח וַיְעַנֵּ֑נִי וְ֝רֶ֗סֶן מִפָּנַ֥י שִׁלֵּֽחוּ׃

KJV ¹² Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.

WLC ¹² עַל־ יָמִין֮ פִּרְחַ֪ח יָ֫ק֥וּמוּ רַגְלַ֥י שִׁלֵּ֑חוּ וַיָּסֹ֥לּוּ עָ֝לַ֗י אָרְח֥וֹת אֵידָֽם׃

KJV ¹³ They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.

WLC ¹³ נָתְס֗וּ נְֽתִיבָ֫תִ֥י לְהַוָּתִ֥י יֹעִ֑ילוּ לֹ֖א עֹזֵ֣ר לָֽמוֹ׃

KJV ¹⁴ They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.

WLC ¹⁴ כְּפֶ֣רֶץ רָחָ֣ב יֶאֱתָ֑יוּ תַּ֥חַת שֹׁ֝אָ֗ה הִתְגַּלְגָּֽלוּ׃

KJV ¹⁵ Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.

WLC ¹⁵ הָהְפַּ֥ךְ עָלַ֗י בַּלָּ֫ה֥וֹת תִּרְדֹּ֣ף כָּ֭רוּחַ נְדִבָתִ֑י וּ֝כְעָ֗ב עָבְרָ֥ה יְשֻׁעָתִֽי׃

KJV ¹⁶ And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

WLC ¹⁶ וְעַתָּ֗ה עָ֭לַי תִּשְׁתַּפֵּ֣ךְ נַפְשִׁ֑י יֹ֭אחֲז֣וּנִי יְמֵי־ עֹֽנִי׃

KJV ¹⁷ My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.

WLC ¹⁷ לַ֗יְלָה עֲ֭צָמַי נִקַּ֣ר מֵעָלָ֑י וְ֝עֹרְקַ֗י לֹ֣א יִשְׁכָּבֽוּן׃

KJV ¹⁸ By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.

WLC ¹⁸ בְּרָב־ כֹּ֭חַ יִתְחַפֵּ֣שׂ לְבוּשִׁ֑י כְּפִ֖י כֻתָּנְתִּ֣י יַֽאַזְרֵֽנִי׃

KJV ¹⁹ He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.

WLC ¹⁹ הֹרָ֥נִי לַחֹ֑מֶר וָ֝אֶתְמַשֵּׁ֗ל כֶּעָפָ֥ר וָאֵֽפֶר׃

KJV ²⁰ I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not.

WLC ²⁰ אֲשַׁוַּ֣ע אֵ֭לֶיךָ וְלֹ֣א תַעֲנֵ֑נִי עָ֝מַ֗דְתִּי וַתִּתְבֹּ֥נֶן בִּֽי׃

KJV ²¹ Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.

WLC ²¹ תֵּהָפֵ֣ךְ לְאַכְזָ֣ר לִ֑י בְּעֹ֖צֶם יָדְךָ֣ תִשְׂטְמֵֽנִי׃

KJV ²² Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance.

WLC ²² תִּשָּׂאֵ֣נִי אֶל־ ר֭וּחַ תַּרְכִּיבֵ֑נִי וּ֝תְמֹגְגֵ֗נִי

KJV ²³ For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.

WLC ²³ כִּֽי־ יָ֭דַעְתִּי מָ֣וֶת תְּשִׁיבֵ֑נִי וּבֵ֖ית מוֹעֵ֣ד לְכָל־ חָֽי׃

KJV ²⁴ Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.

WLC ²⁴ אַ֣ךְ לֹא־ בְ֭עִי יִשְׁלַח־ יָ֑ד אִם־ בְּ֝פִיד֗וֹ לָהֶ֥ן שֽׁוּעַ׃

KJV ²⁵ Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?

WLC ²⁵ אִם־ לֹ֣א בָ֭כִיתִי לִקְשֵׁה־ י֑וֹם עָֽגְמָ֥ה נַ֝פְשִׁ֗י לָאֶבְיֽוֹן׃

KJV ²⁶ When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

WLC ²⁶ כִּ֤י ט֣וֹב קִ֭וִּיתִי וַיָּ֣בֹא רָ֑ע וַֽאֲיַחֲלָ֥ה לְ֝א֗וֹר וַיָּ֥בֹא אֹֽפֶל׃

KJV ²⁷ My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me.

WLC ²⁷ מֵעַ֖י רֻתְּח֥וּ וְלֹא־ דָ֗מּוּ קִדְּמֻ֥נִי יְמֵי־ עֹֽנִי׃

KJV ²⁸ I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.

WLC ²⁸ קֹדֵ֣ר הִ֭לַּכְתִּי בְּלֹ֣א חַמָּ֑ה קַ֖מְתִּי בַקָּהָ֣ל אֲשַׁוֵּֽעַ׃

KJV ²⁹ I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.

WLC ²⁹ אָ֭ח הָיִ֣יתִי לְתַנִּ֑ים וְ֝רֵ֗עַ לִבְנ֥וֹת יַעֲנָֽה׃

KJV ³⁰ My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.

WLC ³⁰ ע֭וֹרִי שָׁחַ֣ר מֵעָלָ֑י וְעַצְמִי־ חָ֝֗רָה מִנִּי־ חֹֽרֶב׃

KJV ³¹ My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.

WLC ³¹ וַיְהִ֣י לְ֭אֵבֶל כִּנֹּרִ֑י וְ֝עֻגָבִ֗י לְק֣וֹל בֹּכִֽים׃