『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。

我若说话，痛苦仍不消解，我若闭口不说，痛苦也不离开我。

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。

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，我自幼困苦，幾乎氣絕；我受你引的恐怖、都麻木昏迷了。你的烈怒漫過我身；你可怖的打擊把我掃滅了。這些苦難終日如水環繞着我；它們一齊圍困着我。你使我的愛友良朋都跟我遠離，我的知己都在黑暗地方。

『我討厭我的性命；我要向自己任意傾吐哀怨；因我心裏的苦惱我要說出話來，

我向上帝發聲哀叫；我向上帝發聲，叫他側耳聽我。當患難的日子我尋求主；夜間我直伸出手來禱告，總不懈怠；我的心不肯受安慰。我懷念着上帝，悲哀歎息；我哀怨默想，心靈發昏。（細拉）你使我眼巴巴睡不着覺；我煩亂不安，連話都說不出。我思想着古時日子，想念到往古年代。我夜間捫心沉思；默默思想，心裏反覆探問：『難道主要永遠屏棄，絕不再喜悅我？難道他的堅愛就永久止息，他的忠信就代代絕止？難道上帝就忘了施恩惠，或閉塞住他慈悲的心麼？』（細拉）