Surely, God, you have worn me out; you have devastated my entire household.

但现在神使我困倦，使亲友远离我，

但现在上帝使我困倦，你使所有的亲友远离我，

但现在神使我困倦，你使所有的亲友远离我，

上帝啊，你使我精疲力竭，家破人亡，

现在神使我困倦，‘你蹂躏了我的全家，

但現在神使我困倦，使親友遠離我，

但現在上帝使我困倦，你使所有的親友遠離我，

但現在神使我困倦，你使所有的親友遠離我，

上帝啊，你使我精疲力竭，家破人亡，

現在神使我困倦，‘你蹂躪了我的全家，

實在的、現在你真地使我累死，使我一切親友令我淒涼。

上帝使我困憊、俾我親朋離逖、

上帝使我躬遑遽、我家凌替、

今主使我窮乏、使我之全家敗落、

God has worn me out completely. He has destroyed my whole family.

Surely now God has worn me out; he has made desolate all my company.

“ O God, you have ground me down and devastated my family.

Surely he has now exhausted me. You have devastated my entire family.

But now He has exhausted me; You have laid waste all my group of loved ones.

But now He has worn me out; You have made desolate all my company.

But now he hath made me weary: Thou hast made desolate all my company.

Surely He has now exhausted me. You have devastated my entire family.

But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.

Surely now he has worn me out, you have devastated my entire household.

But now, God, you have surely worn me out. You have made all my company desolate.

so I have been allotted months of futility, and nights of misery have been assigned to me.

and the Sabeans attacked and made off with them. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!”While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said,“ The fire of God fell from the heavens and burned up the sheep and the servants, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!”While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said,“ The Chaldeans formed three raiding parties and swept down on your camels and made off with them. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!”While he was still speaking, yet another messenger came and said,“ Your sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the oldest brother’s house,when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on them and they are dead, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!”

My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline, and do not resent his rebuke,because the Lord disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in.

Therefore, I have begun to destroy you, to ruin you because of your sins.

when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me,when my path was drenched with cream and the rock poured out for me streams of olive oil.“ When I went to the gate of the city and took my seat in the public square,the young men saw me and stepped aside and the old men rose to their feet;the chief men refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands;the voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.Whoever heard me spoke well of me, and those who saw me commended me,because I rescued the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to assist them.The one who was dying blessed me; I made the widow’s heart sing.I put on righteousness as my clothing; justice was my robe and my turban.I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame.I was a father to the needy; I took up the case of the stranger.I broke the fangs of the wicked and snatched the victims from their teeth.“ I thought,‘ I will die in my own house, my days as numerous as the grains of sand.My roots will reach to the water, and the dew will lie all night on my branches.My glory will not fade; the bow will be ever new in my hand.’“ People listened to me expectantly, waiting in silence for my counsel.After I had spoken, they spoke no more; my words fell gently on their ears.They waited for me as for showers and drank in my words as the spring rain.When I smiled at them, they scarcely believed it; the light of my face was precious to them.I chose the way for them and sat as their chief; I dwelt as a king among his troops; I was like one who comforts mourners.

There the wicked cease from turmoil, and there the weary are at rest.

I am worn out from my groaning. All night long I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.My eyes grow weak with sorrow; they fail because of all my foes.

The Sovereign Lord has given me a well- instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed.

I despise my life; I would not live forever. Let me alone; my days have no meaning.

“ I loathe my very life; therefore I will give free rein to my complaint and speak out in the bitterness of my soul.