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1 I AM the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
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2 He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
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3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.
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4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
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5 He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
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6 He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
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7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
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8 Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
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9 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
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10 He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
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11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
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12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
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13 He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
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14 I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.
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15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
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16 He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
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17 And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
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18 And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:
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19 Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
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20 My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
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21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
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22 It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
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23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
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24 The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
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25 The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
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26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
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27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
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28 He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
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29 He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
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30 He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
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31 For the LORD will not cast off for ever:
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32 But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
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33 For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
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34 To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
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35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,
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36 To subvert a man in his cause, the LORD approveth not.
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37 Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
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38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
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39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
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40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
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41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
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42 We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
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43 Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
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44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.
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45 Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.
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46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
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47 Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
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48 Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
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49 Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
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50 Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven.
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51 Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.
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52 Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
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53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
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54 Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
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55 I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
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56 Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.
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57 Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.
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58 O LORD, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
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59 O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
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60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me.
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61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their imaginations against me;
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62 The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.
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63 Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.
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64 Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
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65 Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.
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66 Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD.
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- 1 I am the man who has seen affliction Because of the rod of His wrath.
- 2 He has driven me and made me walk In darkness and not in light.
- 3 Surely against me He has turned His hand Repeatedly all the day.
- 4 He has caused my flesh and my skin to waste away, He has broken my bones.
- 5 He has besieged and encompassed me with bitterness and hardship.
- 6 In dark places He has made me dwell, Like those who have long been dead.
- 7 He has walled me in so that I cannot go out; He has made my chain heavy.
- 8 Even when I cry out and call for help, He shuts out my prayer.
- 9 He has blocked my ways with hewn stone; He has made my paths crooked.
- 10 He is to me like a bear lying in wait, Like a lion in secret places.
- 11 He has turned aside my ways and torn me to pieces; He has made me desolate.
- 12 He bent His bow And set me as a target for the arrow.
- 13 He made the arrows of His quiver To enter into my inward parts.
- 14 I have become a laughingstock to all my people, Their mocking song all the day.
- 15 He has filled me with bitterness, He has made me drunk with wormwood.
- 16 He has broken my teeth with gravel; He has made me cower in the dust.
- 17 My soul has been rejected from peace; I have forgotten happiness.
- 18 So I say, “My strength has perished, And so has my hope from the LORD.”
- 19 Remember my affliction and my wandering, the wormwood and bitterness.
- 20 Surely my soul remembers And is bowed down within me.
- 21 This I recall to my mind, Therefore I have hope.
- 22 The LORD'S lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, For His compassions never fail.
- 23 They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.
- 24 “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “Therefore I have hope in Him.”
- 25 The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, To the person who seeks Him.
- 26 It is good that he waits silently For the salvation of the LORD.
- 27 It is good for a man that he should bear The yoke in his youth.
- 28 Let him sit alone and be silent Since He has laid it on him.
- 29 Let him put his mouth in the dust, Perhaps there is hope.
- 30 Let him give his cheek to the smiter, Let him be filled with reproach.
- 31 For the Lord will not reject forever,
- 32 For if He causes grief, Then He will have compassion According to His abundant lovingkindness.
- 33 For He does not afflict willingly Or grieve the sons of men.
- 34 To crush under His feet All the prisoners of the land,
- 35 To deprive a man of justice In the presence of the Most High,
- 36 To defraud a man in his lawsuit— Of these things the Lord does not approve.
- 37 Who is there who speaks and it comes to pass, Unless the Lord has commanded it?
- 38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High That both good and ill go forth?
- 39 Why should any living mortal, or any man, Offer complaint in view of his sins?
- 40 Let us examine and probe our ways, And let us return to the LORD.
- 41 We lift up our heart and hands Toward God in heaven;
- 42 We have transgressed and rebelled, You have not pardoned.
- 43 You have covered Yourself with anger And pursued us; You have slain and have not spared.
- 44 You have covered Yourself with a cloud So that no prayer can pass through.
- 45 You have made us mere offscouring and refuse In the midst of the peoples.
- 46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
- 47 Panic and pitfall have befallen us, Devastation and destruction;
- 48 My eyes run down with streams of water Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
- 49 My eyes pour down unceasingly, Without stopping,
- 50 Until the LORD looks down And sees from heaven.
- 51 My eyes bring pain to my soul Because of all the daughters of my city.
- 52 My enemies without cause Hunted me down like a bird;
- 53 They have silenced me in the pit And have placed a stone on me.
- 54 Waters flowed over my head; I said, “I am cut off!”
- 55 I called on Your name, O LORD, Out of the lowest pit.
- 56 You have heard my voice, “Do not hide Your ear from my prayer for relief, From my cry for help.”
- 57 You drew near when I called on You; You said, “Do not fear!”
- 58 O Lord, You have pleaded my soul's cause; You have redeemed my life.
- 59 O LORD, You have seen my oppression; Judge my case.
- 60 You have seen all their vengeance, All their schemes against me.
- 61 You have heard their reproach, O LORD, All their schemes against me.
- 62 The lips of my assailants and their whispering Are against me all day long.
- 63 Look on their sitting and their rising; I am their mocking song.
- 64 You will recompense them, O LORD, According to the work of their hands.
- 65 You will give them hardness of heart, Your curse will be on them.
- 66 You will pursue them in anger and destroy them From under the heavens of the LORD!
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