30:1 但现今年纪小于我的人，都嘲笑我；这些人的父亲，我都不屑于列在守我羊群的狗中。
But now they hold me in derision who are younger in years than I; Whose fathers I should have disdained to rank with the dogs of my flock. 30:2 他们的精力已经丧失，他们手臂的力量，对我还有何用﹖
Such strength as they had, to me meant nought; they were utterly destitute. 30:3 他们因贫乏和饥馑而消瘦，咀嚼旷野里的草根，以及荒山野岭所生的荆棘。
In want and hunger was their lot, they who fled to the parched wastelands: 30:4 他们由丛莽中采取咸菜，以杜松根做自己的食物。
They plucked saltwort and shrubs; the roots of the broom plant were their food. 30:5 人将他们由人群中逐出，在他们后面喊叫有如追贼；
They were banished from among men, with an outcry like that against a thief ? 30:6 他们只得避居于深谷，住在山洞和岩穴中；
To dwell on the slopes of the wadies, in caves of sand and stone; 30:7 在荆棘丛中哀叹，在葛藤下畏缩。
Among the bushes they raised their raucous cry; under the nettles they huddled together. 30:8 这些人都是流氓的后代，无名氏的子孙，由本乡驱逐出境的人。
Irresponsible, nameless men, they were driven out of the land. 30:9 但现今我竟成了他们的歌谣，做了他们的话柄。
Yet now they sing of me in mockery; I am become a byword among them. 30:10 他们因憎恶我而远离我，竟任意向我脸上吐唾沫。
They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, they do not hesitate to spit in my face! 30:11 这个解开了自己的缰绳以攻击我，那个由自己面上除掉了辔头。
Indeed, they have loosed their bonds; they lord it over me, and have thrown off restraint in my presence. 30:12 下流之辈在我右边起来，向我投掷石头，筑成一条使我丧亡的路。
To subvert my paths they rise up; they build their approaches for my ruin. 30:13 他们破坏了我的道路，使我跌仆，却没有人阻止他们。
To destroy me, they attack with none to stay them; 30:14 他们由宽大的缺口进入，辗转于废墟之中。
as through a wide breach they advance. Amid the uproar they come on in waves; 30:15 恐怖临于我身，我的尊荣就如被风吹散，我的救恩就逝去如浮云。
over me rolls the terror. My dignity is borne off on the wind, and my welfare vanishes like a cloud. 30:16 现今我的心神已颓废，忧患的日子不放松我。
My soul ebbs away from me; 30:17 夜间痛苦刺透我骨，我的脉络都不得安息。
My frame takes no rest by night; my inward parts seethe and will not be stilled. 30:18 天主以大力抓住我的衣服，握紧我长衣的领口，
One with great power lays hold of my clothing; by the collar of my tunic he seizes me: 30:19 将我投入泥中，使我变成灰土。
He has cast me into the mire; I am leveled with the dust and ashes. 30:20 天主啊!我向你呼号，你不回答我；我立起来，你也不理睬我。
I cry to you, but you do not answer me; you stand off and look at me, 30:21 你对我变成了暴君，用你有力的手迫害我。
Then you turn upon me without mercy and with your strong hand you buffet me. 30:22 你将我提起，乘风而去，使我在狂风中飘摇不定。
You raise me up and drive me before the wind; I am tossed about by the tempest. 30:23 我知道你要导我于死亡，到众生聚集的家乡。
Indeed I know you will turn me back in death to the destined place of everyone alive. 30:24 若穷人遇到不幸向我求救，我岂不伸手去援助他﹖
Yet should not a hand be held out to help a wretched man in his calamity? 30:25 他人遭难，我岂不与他一同流泪﹖人穷乏，我的心岂不也忧愁﹖
Or have I not wept for the hardships of others; was not my soul grieved for the destitute? 30:26 我希望幸福，来的却是灾祸；我期待光明，黑暗反而来临。
Yet when I looked for good, then evil came; when I expected light, then came darkness. 30:27 我内心烦恼不安，痛苦的日子常临于我。
days of affliction have overtaken me. 30:28 我忧闷而行，无人安慰我，我在集会中起立只有喊冤。
I go about in gloom, without the sun; I rise up in public to voice my grief. 30:29 我成了豺狼的兄弟，驼鸟的伴侣。
I have become the brother of jackals, companion to the ostrich. 30:30 我的皮肤变黑，我的骨头因热灼发烧，
My blackened skin falls away from me; the heat scorches my very frame. 30:31 我的琴瑟奏出哀歌，我的箫笛发出哭声。
My harp is turned to mourning, and my reed pipe to sounds of weeping.