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