[和合本] 我像燕子呢喃，像白鹤鸣叫，又像鸽子哀鸣；我因仰观，眼睛困倦。耶和华啊，我受欺压，求你为我作保。
[新标点] 我像燕子呢喃，像白鹤鸣叫，又像鸽子哀鸣；我因仰观，眼睛困倦。耶和华啊，我受欺压，求你为我作保。
[和合修] 我像燕子呢喃，像白鹤鸣叫，又如鸽子哀鸣；我因仰望，眼睛困倦。主啊，我受欺压，求你为我作保。
[新译本] 我像燕子呻吟，像白鹤鸣叫，又像鸽子哀鸣。我的眼睛因仰望高处而疲倦；耶和华啊！我受欺压，求你作我的保障。
[当代修] “我像燕、鹤一样哀鸣，像鸽子一样呻吟；我举目望天，双眼疲倦。耶和华啊！我困苦不堪，求你保护我。
[现代修] 我的声音微弱无力，像鸽子在呻吟。我的眼睛因观望天空疲乏。主啊，求你解除我的患难。
[吕振中] 我像燕子呢喃（或译：燕子和夜鸣鸟）一样地啁啾叫；我沉吟哀鸣像鸽子。我的眼懒着向上了；永恒主阿，我受欺压；为我作保哦！
[思高本] 我呢喃好似燕子，我哀鸣有如斑鸠；我痛哭的眼睛向上仰视：“上主！我实在痛苦，求你扶持我！”
[文理本] 我之呢喃、如燕如鹤、我之哀鸣、有若班鸠、瞻望目疲、耶和华欤、我遭愁苦、尔其保余、
[GNT] My life was cut off and ended, Like a tent that is taken down, Like cloth that is cut from a loom. I thought that God was ending my life.
[BBE] I make cries like a bird; I give out sounds of grief like a dove: my eyes are looking up with desire; O Lord, I am crushed, take up my cause.
[KJV] Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
[NKJV] Like a crane [or] a swallow, so I chattered; I mourned like a dove; My eyes fail [from looking] upward. O LORD, I am oppressed; Undertake for me!
[KJ21] Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter; I did mourn as a dove; mine eyes fail with looking upward. O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me!
[NASB] Like a swallow, like a crane, so I twitter; I moan like a dove; My eyes look wistfully to the heights; Lord, I am oppressed, be my security.
[NRSV] Like a swallow or a crane I clamor, I moan like a dove. My eyes are weary with looking upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security!
[WEB] I chattered like a swallow or a crane. I moaned like a dove. My eyes weaken looking upward. Lord, I am oppressed. Be my security."
[ESV] Like a swallow or a crane I chirp; I moan like a dove. My eyes are weary with looking upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my pledge of safety!
[NIV] I cried like a swift or thrush, I moaned like a mourning dove. My eyes grew weak as I looked to the heavens. I am troubled; O Lord, come to my aid!"
[NIrV] I cried softly like a weak little bird. I groaned like a sad dove. My eyes grew tired as I looked up toward heaven. Lord, I'm in trouble. Please come and help me!
[HCSB] I chirp like a swallow [or] a crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak looking upward. Lord, I am oppressed; support me.
[CSB] I chirp like a swallow [or] a crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak looking upward. Lord, I am oppressed; support me.
[AMP] Like a twittering swallow or a crane, so do I chirp and chatter; I moan like a dove. My eyes are weary and dim with looking upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; take my side and be my security [as of a debtor being sent to prison].
[NLT] Delirious, I chattered like a swallow or a crane, and then I moaned like a mourning dove. My eyes grew tired of looking to heaven for help. I am in trouble, Lord. Help me!"
[YLT] As a crane -- a swallow -- so I chatter, I mourn as a dove, Drawn up have been mine eyes on high, O Jehovah, oppression [is] on me, be my surety.