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My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
My siel is moeg van my lewe; ek sal my klagte by myself laat, ek sal spreek in die bitterheid van my siel.
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I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.
Ek sal tot God sê, Moenie my veroordeel nie; toon my waarom U met my twis.
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?
Is dit goed vir U dat U verdruk, dat U die arbeid van u hande verag, en skyn oor die raad van die goddelose?
4
Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
Het U oë van vlees? of sien U soos die mens sien?
5
[Are] thy days as the days of man? [are] thy years as man’s days,
Is u dae soos die dae van die mens? is u jare soos die dae van die mens,
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That thou inquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?
Dat U na my ongeregtigheid soek, en na my sonde soek?
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Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and [there is] none that can deliver out of thine hand.
U weet dat ek nie goddeloos is nie; en daar is niemand wat uit u hand kan red nie.
8
Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
U hande het my gemaak en my geheel gevorm; tog vernietig U my.
9
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
Onthou tog, ek bid U, dat U my soos klei gemaak het; en sal U my tot stof terugbring?
10
Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?
Het U my nie soos melk uitgegooi, en my soos kaas laat dik word nie?
11
Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.
U het my met vel en vlees beklee, en my met bene en seninge saamgeweef.
12
Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.
U het lewe en guns aan my verleen, en u besoeking het my gees bewaar.
13
And these [things] hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this [is] with thee.
En hierdie dinge het U in u hart verberg: ek weet dat dit by U is.
14
If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
As ek sondig, dan merk U my, en U sal my nie van my ongeregtigheid vryspreek nie.
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;
As ek goddeloos is, wee my; en as ek regverdig is, tog sal ek nie my hoof ophef nie. Ek is vol verwarring; sien daarom my ellende;
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For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.
Want dit vermeerder. U jag my soos ‚'n woeste leeu: en weer toon U uself wonderlik teen my.
17
Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war [are] against me.
U vernuwe u getuies teen my, en vermeerder u toorn teen my; veranderings en leërskare is teen my.
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!
Waarom het U my dan uit die baarmoeder uitgebring? Ag, dat ek sou gesterwe het, en geen oog my gesien het nie!
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I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
Ek sou gewees het asof ek nie bestaan het nie; ek sou van die baarmoeder na die graf gebring gewees het.
20
[Are] not my days few? cease [then, and] let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
Is my dae nie min nie? hou op, en laat my met rus, dat ek ‚'n bietjie vertroos mag wees,
21
Before I go [whence] I shall not return, [even] to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
Voordat ek heengaan vanwaar ek nie sal terugkeer nie, selfs na die land van duisternis en die skaduwee van die dood;
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A land of darkness, as darkness [itself; and] of the shadow of death, without any order, and [where] the light [is] as darkness.
‚'n Land van duisternis, soos duisternis self; en van die skaduwee van die dood, sonder enige orde, en waar die lig soos duisternis is.