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  3:1 ¶
ALEPH. I am the man that sees poverty, through the rod of his wrath upon me. |
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3:1 ¶
I°
[am] the man°
[that] hath seen°°
affliction°
by the rod°
of his wrath.° |
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He has taken me, and led me away into darkness, and not [into] light. |
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He hath led°°
me, and brought°°°
[me into] darkness,°
but not°
[into] light.° |
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Nay, against me has he turned his hand all the day. |
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3:3
Surely°
against me is he turned;°°
he turneth°°
his hand°
[against me] all°
the day.° |
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3:4
He has made old my flesh and my skin; he has broken my bones. |
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My flesh°
and my skin°
hath he made old;°°
he hath broken°°
my bones.° |
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BETH. He has built against me, and compassed my head, and brought travail [upon me]. |
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3:5
He hath builded°
against°°°
me, and compassed°°
[me] with gall°
and travail.° |
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3:6
He has set me in dark places, as them that have long been dead. |
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He hath set°°
me in dark places,°
as [they that be] dead°°
of old.° |
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He has builded against me, and I cannot come forth: he has made my brazen [chain] heavy. |
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3:7
He hath hedged°°
me about,°
that I cannot°
get out:°°
he hath made my chain°
heavy.°°° |
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GIMEL. Yea, [though] I cry and shout, he shuts out my prayer. |
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Also°
when°
I cry°°
and shout,°°
he shutteth out°°
my prayer.° |
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DALETH. He has built up my ways, he has hedged my paths; |
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3:9
He hath inclosed°°
my ways°
with hewn stone,°
he hath made my paths°
crooked.°°° |
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he has troubled me, [as] a she-bear lying in wait: he is to me [as] a lion in secret places. |
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He°
[was] unto me [as] a bear°
lying in wait,°°
[and as] a lion°
in secret places.° |
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He pursued [me] after I departed, and brought me to a stand: he has utterly ruined me. |
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He hath turned aside°°
my ways,°
and pulled me in pieces:°°
he hath made°°
me desolate.°° |
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HE. He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. |
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3:12
He hath bent°°
his bow,°
and set°°
me as a mark°
for the arrow.° |
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3:13
He has caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins. |
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He hath caused the arrows°
of his quiver°
to enter°°
into my reins.° |
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I became a laughing-stock to all my people; and their song all the day. |
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I was°
a derision°
to all°
my people;°
[and] their song°
all°
the day.° |
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VAU. He has filled me with bitterness, he has drenched me with gall. |
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He hath filled°°
me with bitterness,°
he hath made me drunken°°
with wormwood.° |
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And he has dashed out my teeth with gravel, he has fed me with ashes. |
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He hath also broken°°
my teeth°
with gravel stones,°
he hath covered°°
me with ashes.° |
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He has also removed my soul from peace: I forgot prosperity. |
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And thou hast removed°°
my soul°
far off°°°
from peace:°°
I forgat°°
prosperity.° |
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Therefore my success has perished, and my hope from the Lord. |
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And I said,°°
My strength°
and my hope°
is perished°°
from Yahweh:°° |
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ZAIN. I remembered by reason of my poverty, and because of persecution my bitterness and gall shall be remembered; |
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Remembering°°
mine affliction°
and my misery,°
the wormwood°
and the gall.° |
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and my soul shall meditate with me. |
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My soul°
hath [them] still°°
in remembrance,°°
and is humbled°°
in°
me. |
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This will I lay up in my heart, therefore I will endure. |
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This°
I recall°°
to°
my mind,°
therefore°°
have I hope.°° |
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HETH. [It is] the mercies of the Lord, that he has not failed me, because his compassions are not exhausted. Pity [us], O Lord, early [every] month: for we are not brought to an end, because his compassions are not exhausted. |
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3:22 ¶
[It is of] Yahweh's°
mercies°
that°
we are not°
consumed,°°
because°
his compassions°
fail°°
not.° |
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[They are] new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. |
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[They are] new°
every morning:°
great°
[is] thy faithfulness.° |
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The Lord is my portion, says my soul; therefore will I wait for him. |
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Yahweh°
[is] my portion,°
saith°°
my soul;°
therefore°°
will I hope°°
in him. |
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TETH. The Lord is good to them that wait for him: the soul which shall seek him |
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Yahweh°
[is] good°
unto them that wait°°
for°
him, to the soul°
[that] seeketh°°
him. |
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[is] good, and shall wait for, and quietly expect salvation of the Lord. |
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[It is] good°
that [a man] should both hope°°°°
and quietly wait°
for the salvation°
of Yahweh.° |
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TETH. [It is] good for a man when he bears a yoke in his youth. |
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[It is] good°
for a man°
that°
he bear°°
the yoke°
in his youth.° |
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3:28
He will sit alone, and be silent, because he has borne [it] upon him. |
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He sitteth°°
alone°
and keepeth silence,°°
because°
he hath borne°°
[it] upon°
him. |
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[Absent from Manuscript] |
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He putteth°°
his mouth°
in the dust;°
if so be°
there may be°
hope.° |
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JOD. He will give [his] cheek to him that smites him: he will be filled full with reproaches. |
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He giveth°°
[his] cheek°
to him that smiteth°°
him: he is filled full°°
with reproach.° |
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For the Lord will not reject for ever. |
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For°
Yahweh°
will not°
cast off°°
for ever:° |
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CHAPH. For he that has brought down will pity, and [that] according to the abundance of his mercy. |
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But°
though°
he cause grief,°°
yet will he have compassion°°
according to the multitude°
of his mercies.° |
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He has not answered [in anger] from his heart, though he has brought low the children of a man. |
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For°
he doth not°
afflict°°
willingly°°
nor grieve°°
the children°
of men.° |
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LAMED. To bring down under his feet all the prisoners of the earth, |
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To crush°°
under°
his feet°
all°
the prisoners°
of the earth,° |
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to turn aside the judgment of a man before the face of the Most High, |
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To turn aside°°
the right°
of a man°
before°
the face°
of Elyon,° |
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to condemn a man [unjustly] in his judgment, the Lord has not given commandment. |
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To subvert°°
a man°
in his cause,°
Yahweh°
approveth°°
not.° |
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3:37 ¶
Who has thus spoken, and it has come to pass? the Lord has not commanded it. |
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3:37 ¶
Who°
[is] he°
[that] saith,°°
and it cometh to pass,°
[when] Yahweh°
commandeth°°
[it] not?° |
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Out of the mouth of the Most High there shall not come forth evil and good. |
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Out of the mouth°°
of Elyon°
proceedeth°°
not°
evil°
and good?° |
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MEM. Why should a living man complain, a man concerning his sin? |
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Wherefore°
doth a living°
man°
complain,°°
a man°
for°
the punishment of his sins?° |
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NUN. Our way has been searched out and examined, and we will turn to the Lord. |
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Let us search°°
and try°°
our ways,°
and turn again°°
to°
Yahweh.° |
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Let us lift up our hearts with [our] hand to the lofty One in heaven. |
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Let us lift up°°
our heart°
with°
[our] hands°
unto°
El°
in the heavens.° |
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We have sinned, we have transgressed; and thou hast not pardoned. |
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We°
have transgressed°°
and have rebelled:°°
thou°
hast not°
pardoned.°° |
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SAMECH. Thou has visited [us] in wrath, and driven us away: thou has slain, thou has not pitied. |
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Thou hast covered°°
with anger,°
and persecuted°°
us: thou hast slain,°°
thou hast not°
pitied.°° |
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Thou hast veiled thyself with a cloud because of prayer, that I might be blind, |
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Thou hast covered°°
thyself with a cloud,°
that [our] prayer°
should not pass through.°°° |
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and be cast off. AIN. Thou hast set us [alone] in the midst of the nations. |
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Thou hast made°°
us [as] the offscouring°
and refuse°
in the midst°
of the people.° |
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All our enemies have opened their mouth against us. |
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All°
our enemies°°
have opened°°
their mouths°
against°
us. |
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Fear and wrath are come upon us, suspense and destruction. |
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Fear°
and a snare°
is come°
upon us, desolation°
and destruction.° |
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Mine eye shall pour down torrents of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people. |
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Mine eye°
runneth down°°
with rivers°
of water°
for°
the destruction°
of the daughter°
of my people.° |
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PHE. Mine eye is drowned [with tears], and I will not be silent, so that there shall be no rest, |
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Mine eye°
trickleth down,°°
and ceaseth°°
not,°
without any°°
intermission,° |
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until the Lord look down, and behold from heaven. |
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Till°
Yahweh°
look down,°°
and behold°°
from heaven.°° |
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Mine eye shall prey upon my soul, because of all the daughters of the city. |
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Mine eye°
affecteth°°
mine heart°
because of all°°
the daughters°
of my city.° |
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TSADE. The fowlers chased me as a sparrow, all mine enemies destroyed my life in a pit without cause, |
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Mine enemies°°
chased°°
me sore,°°
like a bird,°
without cause.° |
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and laid a stone upon me. |
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They have cut off°°
my life°
in the dungeon,°
and cast°°
a stone°
upon me. |
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Water flowed over my head: I said, I am cut off. |
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Waters°
flowed°
over°°°
mine head;°
[then] I said,°°
I am cut off.°° |
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3:55 ¶
KOPH. I called upon thy name, O Lord, out of the lowest dungeon. |
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3:55 ¶
I called°°
upon°
thy name,°
O Yahweh,°
out of the low°
dungeon.°°° |
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Thou heardest my voice: close not thine ears to my supplication. |
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Thou hast heard°°
my voice:°
hide°°
not°
thine ear°
at my breathing,°
at my cry.° |
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Thou drewest nigh to my help: in the day wherein I called upon thee thou saidst to me, Fear not. |
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Thou drewest near°°
in the day°
[that] I called°°
upon°
thee: thou saidst,°°
Fear°°
not.° |
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RECHS. O Lord, thou has pleaded the causes of my soul; thou has redeemed my life. |
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O Yahweh,°
thou hast pleaded°°
the causes°
of my soul;°
thou hast redeemed°°
my life.° |
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Thou hast seen, O Lord, my troubles: thou hast judged my cause. |
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O Yahweh,°
thou hast seen°°
my wrong:°
judge°°
thou my cause.° |
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Thou hast seen all their vengeance, [thou hast looked] on all their devices against me. |
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Thou hast seen°°
all°
their vengeance°
[and] all°
their imaginations°
against me. |
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CHSEN. Thou hast heard their reproach [and] all their devices against me; |
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Thou hast heard°°
their reproach,°
O Yahweh,°
[and] all°
their imaginations°
against°
me; |
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the lips of them that rose up against me, and their plots against me all the day; |
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The lips°
of those that rose up°°
against°
me, and their device°
against°
me all°
the day.° |
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their sitting down and their rising up: look thou upon their eyes. |
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Behold°°
their sitting down,°°
and their rising up;°
I°
[am] their musick.° |
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3:64 ¶
Thou wilt render them a recompense, O Lord, according to the works of their hands. |
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3:64 ¶
Render°°
unto them a recompence,°
O Yahweh,°
according to the work°
of their hands.° |
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THAU. Thou wilt give them [as] a covering, the grief of my heart. |
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Give°°
them sorrow°
of heart,°
thy curse°
unto them. |
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Thou wilt persecute them in anger, and wilt consume them from under the heaven, O Lord. |
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Persecute°°
and destroy°°
them in anger°
from under°°
the heavens°
of Yahweh.° |
