Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
I `
am '
the man `who'
hath seen affliction By the rod of His wrath.
I AM the man that
hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
Me
He hath led, and causeth
to
go
`in'
darkness, and
without
light.
He hath led me
, and brought
me
into
darkness, but
not
into
light.
Surely against me He turneth
back,
He turneth His hand all the day.
Surely against me is
he turned;
he turneth his hand against
me
all the day.
He
hath
worn
out
my flesh and my skin .
He hath broken my bones.
My flesh and my skin hath
he made
old;
he
hath broken my bones.
He hath built
up
against me, And setteth
round
poverty
and weariness
.
He hath builded
against me, and compassed
me
with
gall
and travail
.
In
dark
places
He hath caused
me to
dwell
, As the
dead of old.
He hath set
me in
dark
places
, as they
that
be
dead of old.
He hath hedged me about, and
I go
not
out ,
He hath made heavy
my fetter
.
He hath hedged me about, that
I cannot
get
out :
he hath made my chain
heavy
.
Also when I call
and
cry out
, He hath
shut
out my prayer.
Also when I cry and
shout
, he shutteth
out my prayer.
He hath hedged
my ways with hewn work
, My
paths
He hath made crooked.
He hath inclosed
my ways with hewn stone
, he hath made my
paths
crooked.
A bear lying in wait He
`is'
to
me
, A lion in secret hiding-
places.
He
was
unto
me
as
a bear lying in wait, and
as
a lion in secret places.
My
ways
He is
turning
aside, and He
pulleth
me in pieces ,
He hath made me a
desolation
.
He hath
turned
aside my
ways
, and pulled
me in pieces :
he hath made me desolate
.
He hath trodden
His bow, And setteth
me up
as a mark for an
arrow.
He hath bent
his bow, and set
me as a mark for the
arrow.
He hath caused to enter into my reins The
sons
of
His
quiver
.
He hath caused the
arrows
of
his
quiver
to enter into my reins.
I have
been
a derision to all my people ,
Their song all the day.
I was
a derision to all my people ;
and
their song all the day.
He hath filled me with bitter
things
, He hath filled
me `
with '
wormwood.
He hath filled me with bitterness
, he hath made
me drunken
with wormwood.
And
He breaketh
with
gravel
my teeth, He hath covered me with ashes.
He hath
also
broken
my teeth with
gravel
stones
, he hath covered me with ashes.
And Thou castest
off from peace my
soul,
I have
forgotten
prosperity.
And thou hast
removed
my
soul
far
off from peace :
I forgat
prosperity.
And I say
, Perished
hath
my strength and my hope from Jehovah.
And I said
, My strength and my hope is
perished
from the
LORD:
Remember
my
affliction and my mourning
, Wormwood and gall !
Remembering
mine
affliction and my misery
, the
wormwood and the
gall .
Remember
well,
and
bow
down
doth
my soul in me.
My soul hath
them
still
in remembrance,
and
is
humbled
in
me.
This I turn
to my heart
--
therefore I hope.
This I recall
to my mind,
therefore have
I hope.
The
kindnesses
of Jehovah!
For
we have
not been
consumed, For
not
ended
have
His mercies
.
It
is
of the
LORD's
mercies
that
we are
not consumed, because
his compassions
fail
not
.
New every morning ,
abundant
`
is '
thy faithfulness.
They
are
new every morning :
great
is thy faithfulness.
My portion `is'
Jehovah
, hath
my soul said,
Therefore I hope for
Him.
The
LORD
is
my portion, saith
my soul ;
therefore will
I hope in
him.
Good
`
is '
Jehovah
to
those
waiting
for Him, To the soul `
that '
seeketh Him.
The
LORD
is good
unto
them
that
wait
for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
Good !
when
one
doth
stay
and stand
still
For the salvation of Jehovah
.
It
is
good that
a
man
should
both
hope
and quietly
wait
for the salvation of the
LORD
.
Good for a man that he beareth
a
yoke in
his youth.
It
is
good for a man that he bear
the
yoke of
his youth.
He sitteth alone ,
and is
silent
, For
He hath laid
`
it '
upon him.
He sitteth alone and keepeth
silence
, because
he hath borne
it upon him.
He putteth in the dust his
mouth,
if so be there is
hope.
He putteth his
mouth
in the dust ;
if so be there may
be
hope.
He giveth to
his smiter
the
cheek ,
He is filled with reproach.
He giveth his cheek to
him
that
smiteth
him:
he is filled full
with reproach.
For the Lord doth
not cast off to
the
age.
For the LORD will
not cast off for
ever:
For
though He afflicted
, yet He hath
pitied,
According to the abundance
of His kindness
.
But
though he cause
grief
, yet will
he have
compassion
according to the multitude
of his mercies
.
For He hath
not afflicted
with
His
heart,
Nor doth
He
grieve the sons
of men.
For he doth
not afflict
willingly
nor grieve the children
of men.
To bruise
under one's
feet any
bound
ones
of earth ,
To crush
under his
feet all
the
prisoners
of the
earth .
To turn aside the judgment
of a man ,
Over-against
the face of the Most High,
To turn aside the right
of a man before
the face of the most High,
To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord hath
not approved
.
To subvert a man in his cause, the LORD approveth
not.
Who `
is '
this
--
he hath
said
, and it is
, `And'
the Lord hath
not
commanded
`
it '
?
Who is he that
saith
, and it cometh
to
pass
, when
the Lord commandeth
it not
?
From
the mouth of the Most High Go
not forth
the
evils
and the
good .
Out
of
the mouth of the most High proceedeth
not evil
and good ?
What
--
sigh
habitually
doth a living man, A man for his sin
?
Wherefore
doth a living man complain
, a man for the
punishment
of
his sins
?
We
search our ways, and investigate,
And
turn back
unto
Jehovah
.
Let
us
search and
try
our ways, and turn again
to
the
LORD
.
We
lift up our heart on
the
hands unto God in the heavens.
Let
us
lift up our heart with
our
hands unto God in the heavens.
We --
we
have transgressed and rebelled ,
Thou
--
Thou hast not forgiven
.
We have transgressed and have
rebelled :
thou hast not pardoned
.
Thou hast covered Thyself
with anger, And dost
pursue
us ;
Thou hast slain --
Thou hast not pitied.
Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted
us :
thou hast slain ,
thou hast not pitied.
Thou hast covered Thyself with a cloud, So
that prayer doth
not pass through.
Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our
prayer should
not pass through.
Offscouring and refuse Thou
dost
make
us
In the midst of the peoples
.
Thou
hast
made
us
as
the
offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people
.
Opened
against
us
their
mouth
have
all our enemies.
All our enemies have
opened
their
mouths
against
us
.
Fear and a snare hath
been
for
us, Desolation and destruction.
Fear and a snare is
come
upon
us, desolation and destruction.
Rivulets
of water go
down
my
eye,
For the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Mine
eye
runneth
down
with
rivers
of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Mine eye is
poured
out
, And doth
not cease
without intermission ,
Mine eye trickleth
down
, and ceaseth
not ,
without any
intermission .
Till Jehovah
looketh
and
seeth
from
the heavens
,
Till the LORD
look
down
, and
behold
from
heaven.
My
eye affecteth my
soul,
Because of all the daughters of my city.
Mine
eye affecteth mine
heart
because of all the daughters of my city.
Hunted
me sore as
a bird have
my
enemies
without cause.
Mine
enemies
chased
me sore ,
like
a bird ,
without cause.
They have cut off in
a
pit
my life, And they
cast a stone against
me.
They have cut off my life in
the
dungeon
, and cast a stone upon
me.
Flowed
have
waters over my
head ,
I have
said, I have
been
cut off.
Waters flowed
over mine
head ;
then
I said, I am
cut off.
I called Thy name, O Jehovah
, from
the lower
pit
.
I called upon
thy name, O LORD
, out
of
the low
dungeon
.
My
voice
Thou hast heard ,
Hide not Thine ear at my breathing --
at my cry.
Thou hast heard my
voice:
hide not thine ear at my breathing ,
at my cry.
Thou hast
drawn
near in the day I call
Thee ,
Thou hast
said
, Fear not.
Thou drewest
near in the day that
I called
upon
thee :
thou saidst
, Fear not.
Thou
hast
pleaded,
O Lord, the pleadings
of my soul ,
Thou hast redeemed my life.
O LORD, thou
hast
pleaded
the causes
of my soul ;
thou hast redeemed my life.
Thou hast seen ,
O
Jehovah,
my overthrow,
Judge Thou my cause.
O
LORD,
thou hast seen my wrong:
judge thou my cause.
Thou hast seen all their vengeance ,
All their thoughts
of
me.
Thou hast seen all their vengeance and
all their imaginations
against
me.
Thou hast heard their reproach, O Jehovah
, All their thoughts
against me ,
Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD
, and
all their imaginations
against me ;
The lips of my
withstanders
, Even
their meditation
against me all the day.
The lips of those
that
rose
up
against
me
, and
their device
against me all the day.
Their sitting down, and their rising up ,
Behold
attentively,
I `
am '
their song
.
Behold
their sitting down, and their rising up ;
I am their musick
.
Thou
returnest
to
them the
deed
, O Jehovah
, According to the work of their hands.
Render
unto
them a
recompence
, O LORD
, according to the work of their hands.
Thou
givest
to
them a
covered
heart, Thy curse to
them.
Give
them sorrow
of
heart, thy curse unto
them.
Thou
pursuest
in
anger,
and destroyest
them ,
From under the heavens of Jehovah!
Persecute
and destroy
them in
anger
from under the heavens of the
LORD.
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