3:1 I {am} the man {that} hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
3:1 I {am} the man {that} hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
3:2 He hath led me, and brought {me into} darkness, but not {into} light.
3:2 He hath led me, and brought {me into} darkness, but not {into} light.
3:3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand {against me} all the day.
3:3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand {against me} all the day.
3:4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
3:4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
3:5 He hath built against me, and compassed {me} with gall and labor.
3:5 He hath besieged me, and surrounded {me} with gall and travail.
3:6 He hath set me in dark places, as {they that are} dead of old.
3:6 He hath set me in dark places, as {they that are} dead of old.
3:7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
3:7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
3:8 Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
3:8 Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
3:9 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
3:9 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
3:10 He {was} to me {as} a bear lying in wait, {and as} a lion in secret places.
3:10 He {was} to me {as} a bear lying in wait, {and as} a lion in secret places.
3:11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
3:11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
3:12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
3:12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
3:13 He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
3:13 He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
3:14 I was a derision to all my people; {and} their song all the day.
3:14 I was a derision to all my people; {and} their song all the day.
3:15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
3:15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunk with wormwood.
3:16 He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
3:16 He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
3:17 And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
3:17 And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgot prosperity.
3:18 And I said, My strength and my hope hath perished from the LORD:
3:18 And I said, My strength and my hope hath perished from the LORD:
3:19 Remembering my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
3:19 Remembering my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
3:20 My soul hath {them} still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
3:20 My soul hath {them} still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
3:21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
3:21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
3:22 {It is of} the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
3:22 {It is of} the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
3:23 {They are} new every morning: great {is} thy faithfulness.
3:23 {They are} new every morning: great {is} thy faithfulness.
3:24 The LORD {is} my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
3:24 The LORD {is} my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
3:25 The LORD {is} good to them that wait for him, to the soul {that} seeketh him.
3:25 The LORD {is} good to them that wait for him, to the soul {that} seeketh him.
3:26 {It is} good that {a man} should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
3:26 {It is} good that {a man} should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
3:27 {It is} good for a man that he should bear the yoke in his youth.
3:27 {It is} good for a man that he should bear the yoke in his youth.
3:28 He sitteth alone, and keepeth silence, because he hath borne {it} upon him.
3:28 He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne {it} upon him.
3:29 He putteth his mouth in the dust; if there may be hope.
3:29 He putteth his mouth in the dust; if there may be hope.
3:30 He giveth {his} cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
3:30 He giveth {his} cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
3:31 For the LORD will not cast off for ever:
3:31 For the Lord will not cast off for ever:
3:32 But though he causeth grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
3:32 But though he causeth grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
3:33 For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
3:33 For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
3:34 To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
3:34 To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
3:35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,
3:35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,
3:36 To subvert a man in his cause, the LORD approveth not.
3:36 To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
3:37 Who {is} he {that} saith, and it cometh to pass, {when} the LORD commandeth {it} not?
3:37 Who {is} he {that} saith, and it cometh to pass, {when} the Lord commandeth {it} not?
3:38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
3:38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
3:39 Why doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
3:39 Why doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
3:40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
3:40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
3:41 Let us lift up our heart with {our} hands to God in the heavens.
3:41 Let us lift up our heart with {our} hands to God in the heavens.
3:42 We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
3:42 We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
3:43 Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
3:43 Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
3:44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that {our} prayer should not pass through.
3:44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that {our} prayer should not pass through.
3:45 Thou hast made us {as} the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.
3:45 Thou hast made us {as} the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.
3:46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
3:46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
3:47 Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
3:47 Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
3:48 My eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
3:48 My eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
3:49 My eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
3:49 My eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
3:50 Till the LORD shall look down, and behold from heaven.
3:50 Till the LORD shall look down, and behold from heaven.
3:51 My eye affecteth my heart because of all the daughters of my city.
3:51 My eye affecteth my heart because of all the daughters of my city.
3:52 My enemies chased me fiercely, like a bird without cause.
3:52 My enemies chased me hard, like a bird, without cause.
3:53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
3:53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
3:54 Waters flowed over my head; {then} I said, I am cut off.
3:54 Waters flowed over my head; {then} I said, I am cut off.
3:55 I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
3:55 I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
3:56 Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thy ear at my breathing, at my cry.
3:56 Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thy ear at my breathing, at my cry.
3:57 Thou drewest near in the day {that} I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.
3:57 Thou drewest near in the day {that} I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.
3:58 O LORD, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
3:58 O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
3:59 O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
3:59 O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
3:60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance {and} all their imaginations against me.
3:60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance {and} all their imaginations against me.
3:61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, {and} all their imaginations against me;
3:61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, {and} all their imaginations against me;
3:62 The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.
3:62 The lips of those that rose up against me, and they plot against me all the day.
3:63 Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I {am} their music.
3:63 Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I {am} their music.
3:64 Render to them a recompense, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
3:64 Render to them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
3:65 Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse to them.
3:65 Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse to them.
3:66 Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD.
3:66 Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD.
3:1 I {am} the man {that} hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
3:2 He hath led me, and brought {me into} darkness, but not {into} light.
3:2 He hath led me, and brought {me into} darkness, but not {into} light.
3:3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand {against me} all the day.
3:3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand {against me} all the day.
3:4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
3:4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
3:5 He hath built against me, and compassed {me} with gall and labor.
3:5 He hath besieged me, and surrounded {me} with gall and travail.
3:6 He hath set me in dark places, as {they that are} dead of old.
3:6 He hath set me in dark places, as {they that are} dead of old.
3:7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
3:7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
3:8 Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
3:8 Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
3:9 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
3:9 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
3:10 He {was} to me {as} a bear lying in wait, {and as} a lion in secret places.
3:10 He {was} to me {as} a bear lying in wait, {and as} a lion in secret places.
3:11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
3:11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
3:12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
3:12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
3:13 He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
3:13 He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
3:14 I was a derision to all my people; {and} their song all the day.
3:14 I was a derision to all my people; {and} their song all the day.
3:15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
3:15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunk with wormwood.
3:16 He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
3:16 He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
3:17 And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
3:17 And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgot prosperity.
3:18 And I said, My strength and my hope hath perished from the LORD:
3:18 And I said, My strength and my hope hath perished from the LORD:
3:19 Remembering my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
3:19 Remembering my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
3:20 My soul hath {them} still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
3:20 My soul hath {them} still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
3:21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
3:21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
3:22 {It is of} the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
3:22 {It is of} the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
3:23 {They are} new every morning: great {is} thy faithfulness.
3:23 {They are} new every morning: great {is} thy faithfulness.
3:24 The LORD {is} my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
3:24 The LORD {is} my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
3:25 The LORD {is} good to them that wait for him, to the soul {that} seeketh him.
3:25 The LORD {is} good to them that wait for him, to the soul {that} seeketh him.
3:26 {It is} good that {a man} should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
3:26 {It is} good that {a man} should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
3:27 {It is} good for a man that he should bear the yoke in his youth.
3:27 {It is} good for a man that he should bear the yoke in his youth.
3:28 He sitteth alone, and keepeth silence, because he hath borne {it} upon him.
3:28 He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne {it} upon him.
3:29 He putteth his mouth in the dust; if there may be hope.
3:29 He putteth his mouth in the dust; if there may be hope.
3:30 He giveth {his} cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
3:30 He giveth {his} cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
3:31 For the LORD will not cast off for ever:
3:31 For the Lord will not cast off for ever:
3:32 But though he causeth grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
3:32 But though he causeth grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
3:33 For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
3:33 For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
3:34 To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
3:34 To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
3:35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,
3:35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,
3:36 To subvert a man in his cause, the LORD approveth not.
3:36 To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
3:37 Who {is} he {that} saith, and it cometh to pass, {when} the LORD commandeth {it} not?
3:37 Who {is} he {that} saith, and it cometh to pass, {when} the Lord commandeth {it} not?
3:38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
3:38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
3:39 Why doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
3:39 Why doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
3:40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
3:40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
3:41 Let us lift up our heart with {our} hands to God in the heavens.
3:41 Let us lift up our heart with {our} hands to God in the heavens.
3:42 We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
3:42 We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
3:43 Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
3:43 Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
3:44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that {our} prayer should not pass through.
3:44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that {our} prayer should not pass through.
3:45 Thou hast made us {as} the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.
3:45 Thou hast made us {as} the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.
3:46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
3:46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
3:47 Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
3:47 Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
3:48 My eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
3:48 My eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
3:49 My eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
3:49 My eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
3:50 Till the LORD shall look down, and behold from heaven.
3:50 Till the LORD shall look down, and behold from heaven.
3:51 My eye affecteth my heart because of all the daughters of my city.
3:51 My eye affecteth my heart because of all the daughters of my city.
3:52 My enemies chased me fiercely, like a bird without cause.
3:52 My enemies chased me hard, like a bird, without cause.
3:53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
3:53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
3:54 Waters flowed over my head; {then} I said, I am cut off.
3:54 Waters flowed over my head; {then} I said, I am cut off.
3:55 I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
3:55 I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
3:56 Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thy ear at my breathing, at my cry.
3:56 Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thy ear at my breathing, at my cry.
3:57 Thou drewest near in the day {that} I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.
3:57 Thou drewest near in the day {that} I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.
3:58 O LORD, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
3:58 O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
3:59 O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
3:59 O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
3:60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance {and} all their imaginations against me.
3:60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance {and} all their imaginations against me.
3:61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, {and} all their imaginations against me;
3:61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, {and} all their imaginations against me;
3:62 The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.
3:62 The lips of those that rose up against me, and they plot against me all the day.
3:63 Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I {am} their music.
3:63 Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I {am} their music.
3:64 Render to them a recompense, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
3:64 Render to them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
3:65 Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse to them.
3:65 Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse to them.
3:66 Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD.
3:66 Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD.
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