¹

Не съвњ'дњ б^о си'це, трђжа'ю^ся дш~ею мое^ю стеня`, и^ спђщђ на'нь гл~ы моя” Въз#гл~ю и^хъ го'рестїю дш~а моея ѓ^дръжи'мъ,

¹

Weary in my soul, I will pour my words with groans upon him: I will speak being straitened in the bitterness of my soul.

²

и^ рекђ къ гв~и не ё^чи м^я беꙁъчесᲄвовати, и^ почто' ми си'це сђди'лъ е^си.

²

And I will say to the Lord, Do not teach me to be impious; and wherefore hast thou thus judged me?

³

и^л^и добро' ти е^сть а^ще непра'вдою, ја%ко эTре'клъ е^си дњла рђкђ твое'ю, совTњ же нечести'выхъ вня'лъ е^си.

³

Is it good before thee if I be unrighteous? for thou hast disowned the work of thy hands, and attended to the counsel of the ungodly.

⁴

и^л^и ја^ко ви'дњвыи ви'диши, и^л^и ја%коже зриT чл~къ ё'зриши.

⁴

Or dost thou see as a mortal sees? or wilt thou look as a man sees?

⁵

и^л^и жи'тїе твое чл~чьско е^сть, и^л^и лњта твоя мђжнњ.

⁵

Or is thy life human, or thy years the years of a man,

⁶

ја%ко взыска'лъ е^си беꙁако'нїя мое^го, и^ грњхи` моя и^с#слњди'лъ е^си`

⁶

that thou hast enquired into mine iniquity, and searched out my sins?

⁷

вњси бо ја%ко нечествова'хъ, н^о кто` е^сть и^зима'я и^ꙁ рђкђ твое'ю.

⁷

For thou knowest that I have not committed iniquity: but who is he that can deliver out of thy hands?

⁸

рђцњ твои` сътвори'ста м^я и^ създа'ста м^я. потоM же прело'жъ м^я порази`.

⁸

Thy hands have formed me and made me; afterwards thou didst change thy mind, and smite me.

⁹

помяни` ё^бо бре'нїе м^я съꙁда`, в ꙁе'млюy паки въꙁвраща'еши м^я.

⁹

Remember that thou hast made me as clay, and thou dost turn me again to earth.

¹⁰

и^л^и не ја%коже мле'ко и^ꙁмолꙁе, насырилъ же м^я е^си ра'вно сырђ.

¹⁰

Hast thou not poured me out like milk, and curdled me like cheese?

¹¹

ко'жею и^ пло'тїю м^я ѓ^блече`, костьми' же и^ жи'лами съши'лъ м^я е^си.

¹¹

And thou didst clothe me with skin and flesh, and frame me with bones and sinews.

¹²

живоT же и^ млsть положи` ё^ мене`, посњщенїеy твое съхра'нитъ мои дх~ъ.

¹²

And thou didst bestow upon me life and mercy, and thy oversight has preserved my spirit.

¹³

сїя и^мњяи въ тебњ вњ'дњ ја%ко все` мо'жеши, не эTмага'ет же ся эT тебе ничто'же.

¹³

Having these things in thyself, I know that thou canst do all things; for nothing is impossible with thee.

¹⁴

а^ще съгрњшђ` съхри'ниши м^я, эT беꙁако'нїя же не беꙁъвиnна м^я сътвори'ши.

¹⁴

And if I should sin, thou watchest me; and thou hast not cleared me from iniquity.

¹⁵

а^ще б^о нечести'в# бђдђ лю'тњ мн^њ, а^ще же бђдђ пра'ведникъ, не могђ` въꙁникнђти и^спо'лнь б^о е^смь нечестїя”

¹⁵

Or if I should be ungodly, woe is me: and if I should be righteous, I cannot lift myself up, for I am full of dishonour.

¹⁶

ЛовиM б^о е^смь а^ки ле'въ на ё^бїенїе, па'ки же прело'жъ м^я лю'тњ ё^биваа'ше.

¹⁶

For I am hunted like a lion for slaughter; for again thou hast changed and art terribly destroying me;

¹⁷

ѓ^бновля'я на' мя пыта'нїе мое`, гнњ'в же вели'къ възложи` на' мя, наведе' же на' мя и^скђше'нїе,

¹⁷

renewing against me my torture: and thou hast dealt with me in great anger, and thou hast brought trials upon me.

¹⁸

почто` м^я и^з чре'ва и^ꙁнесе` и^ не ё^мро'хъ, ѓ%ко мене не вњ'дњ. ја%коy

¹⁸

Why then didst thou bring me out of the womb? and why did I not die, and no eye see me,

¹⁹

и^ быхъ а^ки не бы'въ, и^ почт^о б^о и^ꙁ чре'ва въ гроb не снидоX.

¹⁹

and I become as if I had not been? for why was I not carried from the womb to the grave?

²⁰

и^л^и не ма'ло е^сть вре'мя жи'ꙁни моея, ѓ^ста'ви мене почити ма'ло

²⁰

Is not the time of my life short? suffer me to rest a little,

²¹

даже не и^дђ`, эTню'дђже ся не възвращђ`. вᲆ ꙁе'млю ᲄе'мнђ и^ мраqнђ

²¹

before I go whence I shall not return, to a land of darkness and gloominess;

²²

въ ꙁе'млю т#мы` вњчныя и`дњже нsњ свњтᲆ, ни ви'дњти живоᲄа члsчка”

²²

to a land of perpetual darkness, where there is no light, neither can any one see the life of mortals.