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 Job 17.11 Esaïe 38.12-38.13 1 Pierre 1.24
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 Job 10.1 1 Samuel 1.10 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 Job 10.20 Job 6.9 Job 14.6
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 Job 14.16 Job 16.12-16.14 Psaumes 80.4
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 Michée 7.18-7.19 Lamentations 5.20-5.22 Esaïe 64.9