我若说话，痛苦仍不消解，我若闭口不说，痛苦也不离开我。

“我虽说话，忧愁仍不得消解；我虽停住不说，忧愁就离开我吗？

“我若说话，痛苦仍不得缓解；我若停止，痛苦就离开我吗？

“我若说话，痛苦仍不得缓解；我若停止，痛苦就离开我吗？

“我若申辩，痛苦不减；我若缄默，痛苦犹在。

我雖說話，憂愁仍不得消解；我雖停住不說，憂愁就離開我嗎？

「我若說話，痛苦仍不得緩解；我若停止，痛苦就離開我嗎？

「我若說話，痛苦仍不得緩解；我若停止，痛苦就離開我嗎？

「我若申辯，痛苦不減；我若緘默，痛苦猶在。

我若說話，痛苦仍不消解，我若閉口不說，痛苦也不離開我。

『就使我說話，痛傷仍然不得制止；就使我自忍不說，多少傷痛會離開我呢？

我雖言之、我憂不解、我若不言、我憂其離我乎、

今我言、不得自解其憂、不言、不得自釋其悶。

我若發言、我苦猶不得解、我若緘默、我苦豈離於我、

“ Yet if I speak, my pain is not relieved; and if I refrain, it does not go away.

“ If I speak, it doesn’t help me. And if I keep quiet, my pain doesn’t go away.

“ If I speak, my pain is not assuaged, and if I forbear, how much of it leaves me?

Instead, I suffer if I defend myself, and I suffer no less if I refuse to speak.

If I speak, my suffering is not relieved, and if I hold back, does any of it leave me?

“ If I speak, my pain is not lessened, And if I refrain, what pain leaves me?

“ Though I speak, my grief is not relieved; And if I remain silent, how am I eased?

Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged; And though I forbear, what am I eased?

Even if I speak, my suffering is not relieved, and if I hold back, what have I lost?

Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and[ though] I forbear, what am I eased?

“ But if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I refrain from speaking– how much of it goes away?

“ Though I speak, my grief is not subsided. Though I forbear, what am I eased?

我自幼受苦，几乎死亡；我受了你的惊吓，以致困惑不安（“困惑不安”原文意义难确定）。你的烈怒把我淹没，你的惊吓把我除灭。这些终日像水一样环绕我，一起把我围困。你使我挚爱的和同伴都远离我，黑暗成了我的知己。

“我厌恶我的性命，我要尽情吐苦水，倾诉心中的痛苦。

我要向神发声呼求，我向神发声，他必留心听我。我在患难的日子寻求主，我整夜举手祷告，总不倦怠，我的心不肯受安慰。我想到神，就哀怨唉哼；我沉思默想，心灵就烦乱。（细拉）你使我不能合眼，我烦躁不安，连话也说不出来。我回想过往的日子，上古的年代；我想起我夜间的诗歌。我的心沉思默想，我的灵仔细探究。主要永远丢弃我，不再施恩吗？他的慈爱永远消失，他的应许永久废去吗？神忘记施恩，因忿怒而止住他的怜悯吗？（细拉）