Verse
WEB
World English Bible
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
I am the man that
has seen affliction by
the rod of his
wrath.
I am the man who
has seen affliction under
the rod of God’s
wrath.
He has led
me and caused
me to
walk in darkness ,
and
not
in
light.
He has driven
me away
and made
me walk in darkness instead
of
light.
Surely
against
me
he turns
his hand again
and
again
all the
day.
Indeed,
He keeps
turning
His hand against
me
all day long
.
My flesh and my
skin has
he
made
old
; he has broken
my bones.
He
has
worn
away
my flesh and skin; He has shattered
my bones.
He has built
against
me ,
and compassed
me with gall
and travail
.
He has besieged
me and surrounded
me with bitterness
and hardship
.
He has made me to
dwell in dark
places,
as
those that
have
been
long
dead.
He has made me dwell in darkness
like
those dead for
ages
.
He has walled me about,
that
I can't
go
forth
; he has made
my
chain
heavy
.
He has walled me in
so
I cannot
escape
; He has weighed
me
down
with
chains
.
Yes,
when I cry ,
and call
for help, he shuts out my prayer.
Even
when I cry out
and plead
for help, He shuts out my prayer.
He has walled
up
my ways with hewn
stone
; he has made my paths crooked.
He has barred
my ways with cut
stones
; He has made my paths crooked.
He is to
me
as
a bear lying in wait, as
a lion in secret
places
.
He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding
in ambush
.
He has
turned
aside
my ways,
and pulled
me in
pieces; he has
made
me desolate
.
He forced
me
off
my path
and tore
me to
pieces; He left
me without
help
.
He has
bent his bow ,
and set me as a
mark
for
the arrow.
He bent His bow and set me as the target
for
His
arrow.
He has
caused
the
shafts
of
his
quiver
to
enter
into
my reins
.
He pierced
my kidneys
with
His
arrows
.
I am become
a derision
to all my people ,
and
their
song all the
day.
I am a laughingstock
to all my people ;
they
mock
me
in
song all day long
.
He has filled me with bitterness ,
he has sated
me with wormwood.
He has filled me with bitterness ;
He has intoxicated
me with wormwood.
He has also
broken
my teeth with gravel stones;
he
has
covered
me with
ashes
.
He has ground
my teeth with gravel and
trampled
me in
the
dust
.
You
have
removed
my soul far
off
from
peace; I forgot
prosperity.
My soul has
been
deprived
of
peace; I have
forgotten
what
prosperity is
.
I said
, My strength is
perished, and
my expectation
from Yahweh
.
So
I say
, “
My strength has
perished, along
with
my hope
from the
LORD
. ”
Remember my affliction and my
misery
, the wormwood and the gall.
Remember my affliction and wandering
, the wormwood and the gall.
My soul still
remembers them,
and is bowed
down
within me.
Surely
my soul remembers and is humbled
within me.
This
I recall
to my
mind ;
therefore have
I hope .
Yet
I call
this
to mind ,
and
therefore I have
hope :
[It
is
of ]
Yahweh's
loving kindnesses
that
we are not consumed, because
his compassion
doesn't
fail.
Because
of the
loving devotion
of
the
LORD
we are not consumed, for
His mercies
never
fail.
They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness .
They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness !
Yahweh
is my portion, says my soul ;
therefore will
I hope in him.
“The
LORD
is my portion, ”
says my soul ,
“
therefore I will
hope in Him. ”
Yahweh
is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that
seeks him.
The
LORD
is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who
seeks Him.
It is good that
a
man
should
hope
and
quietly
wait for the salvation of Yahweh
.
It is good to
wait quietly
for the salvation of the
LORD
.
It is good for a man that
he
bear the yoke in
his
youth
.
It is good for a man to
bear the yoke while
he
is
still
young
.
Let him sit alone and
keep
silence, because
he
has laid
it
on
him.
Let him sit alone in
silence, for
God
has disciplined
him.
Let him put
his mouth
in the dust ,
if
so
be
there may
be
hope.
Let him bury
his face
in the dust —
perhaps
there is
still
hope.
Let him give
his cheek to him
who strikes
him; let him be filled full
with reproach.
Let him offer
his cheek to the
one
who would
strike
him; let him be filled with reproach.
For the Lord will not cast off forever.
For the Lord will not cast us
off forever.
For
though
he cause
grief, yet
will
he have
compassion according to the
multitude
of
his loving kindnesses
.
Even
if
He causes
grief, He will
show
compassion according to His abundant
loving devotion
.
For he does not afflict
willingly ,
nor
grieve the children
of men.
For He does not willingly afflict
or
grieve the sons
of men.
To crush under
foot
all the prisoners of the earth
,
To crush underfoot
all the prisoners of the land
,
To turn
aside
the
right
of
a man before the face
of
the
Most High,
to deny
a man justice
before the Most High,
To subvert a man in his cause,
the Lord doesn't
approve.
to subvert a man in his lawsuit—
of
these
the Lord does
not
approve.
Who is
he
who
says,
and it comes
to pass, when
the Lord doesn't
command
it?
Who has
spoken
and it came
to pass, unless
the Lord has
ordained
it?
Doesn't
evil
and good come out
of
the mouth of the Most High?
Do
not
both
adversity
and good come from
the mouth of the Most High?
Why does
a
living
man complain, a
man
for
the
punishment
of his sins?
Why should
any
mortal
man complain, in
view
of his sins?
Let us search
and try
our ways, and turn again
to Yahweh
.
Let us examine
and test
our ways, and turn back
to the
LORD
.
Let us lift up our heart
with
our
hands to God in the
heavens.
Let us lift up our hearts
and
hands to God in heaven:
We have transgressed
and have
rebelled; you have not pardoned
.
“
We have sinned
and rebelled; You have not forgiven
. ”
You have covered with
anger and pursued us; you have killed ,
you
have
not
pitied
.
You have covered Yourself
in
anger and pursued us; You have killed without
pity
.
You have covered yourself with a cloud ,
so
that no prayer can pass through.
You have covered Yourself with a cloud that no prayer can pass through.
You have made us an
off-scouring
and refuse in
the
midst
of
the peoples
.
You have made us scum
and refuse among
the nations
.
All our enemies have
opened
their mouth
wide
against us.
All our enemies open
their mouths
against us.
Fear
and the
pit
are
come on
us ,
devastation and destruction.
Panic
and pitfall
have
come upon
us —
devastation and destruction.
My
eye
runs
down
with
streams of water,
for
the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Streams of tears
flow
from
my
eyes
over
the destruction of the daughter of my people.
My eye
pours
down,
and
doesn't
cease
, without any
intermission
,
My eyes
overflow
unceasingly
, without relief
,
Until Yahweh
look
down ,
and
see
from heaven.
until the
LORD
looks
down from heaven and
sees
.
My eye
affects
my soul ,
because of all the daughters of my city.
My eyes
bring
grief
to
my soul because of all the daughters of my city.
They
have
chased
me sore
like a bird ,
those
who
are
my
enemies
without
cause
.
Without
cause
my
enemies
hunted
me like a bird.
They have
cut
off
my
life
in
the
dungeon,
and have
cast a
stone
on
me.
They dropped
me
alive
into
a
pit
and cast stones
upon
me.
Waters flowed over my head ;
I
said
, I am
cut
off
.
The
waters flowed over my head, and
I thought
I
was
going
to
die
.
I called on your name, Yahweh
, out of the lowest
dungeon
.
I called on Your name, O
LORD
, out of the depths
of
the
Pit
.
You heard my voice;
don't
hide
your
ear
at
my
breathing,
at
my cry.
You heard my plea:
“Do
not
ignore
my cry for
relief
. ”
You drew near in
the
day
that
I called on you; you said, Don't
be afraid.
You drew near when
I called on You; You said, “Do
not
be afraid. ”
Lord,
you have
pleaded
the
causes
of
my soul
; you have
redeemed
my life.
You defend
my cause,
O
Lord
; You redeem
my life.
Yahweh,
you have seen my
wrong; judge
you
my cause .
You have seen ,
O
LORD,
the
wrong done
to
me
; vindicate
my cause !
You have seen all their vengeance
and
all their devices
against me.
You have seen all their malice,
all their plots
against me.
You have heard their reproach,
Yahweh
, and
all their devices
against me ,
O
LORD,
You have heard their insults
, all their plots
against me —
The lips
of
those
that
rose
up
against
me,
and their
device
against me all the
day.
the slander
and murmuring
of
my
assailants
against me all day long
.
See
you
their
sitting
down,
and their
rising
up;
I
am
their
song.
When
they
sit
and when
they
rise,
see
how
they
mock
me
in
song.
You will render
to
them a
recompense
, Yahweh
, according to the work of their hands.
You will pay
them back
what
they
deserve
, O
LORD
, according to the work of their hands.
You
will
give
them
hardness
of heart,
your curse to
them .
Put
a
veil
of anguish
over
their
hearts;
may
Your curse be
upon
them !
You will pursue them in anger ,
and destroy
them from under the
heavens of
Yahweh
.
You will pursue them in anger and exterminate
them from under Your
heavens ,
O
LORD
.
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