1 Je! Mtu hana wakati wake wa vita juu ya nchi? Na siku zake, je! Si kama siku za mwajiriwa?
Psaumes 39.4 Job 14.5-14.6 Job 14.13-14.14 Lévitique 25.50 Ecclésiaste 8.8
2 Kama mtumishi atamaniye sana kile kivuli, Kama mwajiriwa anayetazamia mshahara wake;
Lévitique 19.13 Jérémie 6.4 Deutéronome 24.15 Jacques 5.4 Malachie 3.5
3 Ni vivyo nami nimepewa miezi ya ubatili iwe fungu langu, Nami nimeandikiwa masiku yenye kuchokesha.
Psaumes 6.6 Ecclésiaste 1.14 Job 16.7 Psaumes 39.5 Job 29.2
4 Hapo nilalapo chini, nasema, Nitaondoka lini? Lakini usiku huwa mrefu; Nami nimejawa na kujitupa huku na huku hata kupambazuke.
Deutéronome 28.67 Job 7.13-7.14 Esaïe 54.11 Job 30.17 Psaumes 6.6
5 Mwili wangu unavikwa mabuu na madongoa ya udongo; Ngozi yangu hufumba, kisha ikatumbuka tena.Job 17.14 Esaïe 14.11 Job 2.7-2.8 Job 24.20 Esaïe 1.6
6 Siku zangu hupita upesi kuliko chombo cha kufumia, Nazo zapita pasipokuwa na matumaini.
Job 9.25 Job 17.15 1 Pierre 1.24 Job 17.11 Esaïe 38.12-38.13
7 Kumbuka ya kwamba maisha yangu ni upepo; Jicho langu halitaona mema tena.
Psaumes 78.39 Jacques 4.14 Job 10.21-10.22 Jérémie 15.15 Psaumes 89.47
8 Jicho lake huyo anionaye halitaniangalia tena; Macho yako yatanielekea, lakini sitakuwapo.
Job 20.9 Psaumes 37.36 Job 8.18 Job 13.27 Psaumes 39.11
9 Kama vile wingu likomavyo na kutoweka, Ni vivyo huyo ashukaye kuzimuni hatazuka tena kabisa.
2 Samuel 12.23 Job 16.22 Job 14.10-14.14 Job 30.15 Job 10.21
10 Hatarudi tena nyumbani kwake, Wala mahali pake hapatamjua tena.
Job 8.18 Psaumes 103.16 Job 20.9 Job 27.23 Job 27.21
11 Kwa hiyo sitakizuia kinywa changu; Nitanena kwa mateso ya roho yangu; Nitalia kwa uchungu wa nafsi yangu.
Psaumes 40.9 1 Samuel 1.10 Job 10.1 Esaïe 38.15 Job 21.25
12 Je! Mimi ni bahari, au je! Ni nyangumi? Hata ukawaweka walinzi juu yangu?
Job 38.6-38.11 Ezéchiel 32.2-32.3 Job 41.1-41.34 Lamentations 3.7 Job 7.17
13 Hapo nisemapo, kitanda changu kitanituza moyo, Malazi yangu yatanipunguzia kuugua kwangu;
Psaumes 6.6 Job 9.27-9.28 Job 7.3-7.4 Psaumes 77.4
14 Ndipo unitishapo kwa ndoto, Na kunitia hofu kwa maono;
Daniel 2.1 Genèse 41.8 Juges 7.13-7.14 Matthieu 27.19 Genèse 40.5-40.7
15 Hata nafsi yangu huchagua kunyongwa, Na kuchagua kifo kuliko maumivu yangu haya.
2 Samuel 17.23 Matthieu 27.5
16 Ninadhoofika; sitaishi sikuzote; Usinisumbue, kwani siku zangu ni uvuvio.
Job 10.1 1 Rois 19.4 Psaumes 39.13 Job 10.20 Job 6.9
17 Je! Mtu ni kitu gani, hata ukamtukuza, Na kumtia moyoni mwako,
Hébreux 2.6 Psaumes 8.4 Psaumes 144.3 1 Samuel 24.14 Job 34.14-34.15
18 Na kumwangalia kila asubuhi, Na kumjaribu kila dakika?
1 Pierre 1.7 Exode 20.5 Esaïe 38.12-38.13 Genèse 22.1 Deutéronome 8.16
19 Je! Hata lini hukomi kuniangalia; Wala kunisumbua hata nimeze mate?
Job 9.18 Job 14.6 Psaumes 94.3 Psaumes 13.1-13.3 Apocalypse 6.10
20 Kwamba nimefanya dhambi, nikufanyieje Ee mlinda wanadamu? Mbona umeniweka niwe shabaha yako, Hata nimekuwa mzigo kwa nafsi yangu?
Lamentations 3.12 Psaumes 36.6 Psaumes 21.12 Job 3.24 Job 14.16
21 Nawe, je! Mbona hunisamehe makosa yangu, Na kuniondolea maovu yangu? Kwa kuwa sasa nitalala mavumbini; Nawe utanitafuta kwa bidii, lakini sitakuwapo.
Job 10.14 Daniel 12.2 Job 10.9 1 Jean 1.9 Michée 7.18-7.19