3:1 | I [am] the man <01397> [that] hath seen <07200> (8804) affliction <06040> by the rod <07626> of his wrath <05678>. |
3:2 | He hath led <05090> (8804) me, and brought <03212> (8686) [me into] darkness <02822>, but not [into] light <0216>. |
3:3 | Surely against me is he turned <07725> (8799); he turneth <02015> (8799) his hand <03027> [against me] all the day <03117>. |
3:4 | My flesh <01320> and my skin <05785> hath he made old <01086> (8765); he hath broken <07665> (8765) my bones <06106>. |
3:5 | He hath builded against <01129> (8804) me, and compassed <05362> (8686) [me] with gall <07219> and travail <08513>. |
3:6 | He hath set <03427> (8689) me in dark places <04285>, as [they that be] dead <04191> (8801) of old <05769>. |
3:7 | He hath hedged <01443> (8804) me about, that I cannot get out <03318> (8799): he hath made my chain <05178> heavy <03513> (8689). |
3:8 | Also when I cry <02199> (8799) and shout <07768> (8762), he shutteth out <05640> (8804) my prayer <08605>. |
3:9 | He hath inclosed <01443> (8804) my ways <01870> with hewn stone <01496>, he hath made my paths <05410> crooked <05753> (8765). |
3:10 | He [was] unto me [as] a bear <01677> lying in wait <0693> (8802), [and as] a lion <0738> in secret places <04565>. |
3:11 | He hath turned aside <05493> (8790) my ways <01870>, and pulled me in pieces <06582> (8762): he hath made <07760> (8804) me desolate <08074> (8802). |
3:12 | He hath bent <01869> (8804) his bow <07198>, and set <05324> (8686) me as a mark <04307> for the arrow <02671>. |
3:13 | He hath caused the arrows <01121> of his quiver <0827> to enter <0935> (8689) into my reins <03629>. {arrows: Heb. sons} |
3:14 | I was a derision <07814> to all my people <05971>; [and] their song <05058> all the day <03117>. |
3:15 | He hath filled <07646> (8689) me with bitterness <04844>, he hath made me drunken <07301> (8689) with wormwood <03939>. {bitterness: Heb. bitternesses} |
3:16 | He hath also broken <01638> (8686) my teeth <08127> with gravel stones <02687>, he hath covered <03728> (8689) me with ashes <0665>. {covered...: or, rolled me in the ashes} |
3:17 | And thou hast removed <02186> (0) my soul <05315> far off <02186> (8799) from peace <07965>: I forgat <05382> (8804) prosperity <02896>. {prosperity: Heb. good} |
3:18 | And I said <0559> (8799), My strength <05331> and my hope <08431> is perished <06> (8804) from the LORD <03068>: |
3:19 | Remembering <02142> (8798) mine affliction <06040> and my misery <04788>, the wormwood <03939> and the gall <07219>. {Remembering: or, Remember} |
3:20 | My soul <05315> hath [them] still <02142> (8800) in remembrance <02142> (8799), and is humbled <07743> (8686) in me. {humbled: Heb. bowed} |
3:21 | This I recall <07725> (8686) to my mind <03820>, therefore have I hope <03176> (8686). {recall...: Heb. make to return to my heart} |
3:22 | [It is of] the LORD'S <03068> mercies <02617> that we are not consumed <08552> (8804), because his compassions <07356> fail <03615> (8804) not. |
3:23 | [They are] new <02319> every morning <01242>: great <07227> [is] thy faithfulness <0530>. |
3:24 | The LORD <03068> [is] my portion <02506>, saith <0559> (8804) my soul <05315>; therefore will I hope <03176> (8686) in him. |
3:25 | The LORD <03068> [is] good <02896> unto them that wait <06960> (8802) for him, to the soul <05315> [that] seeketh <01875> (8799) him. |
3:26 | [It is] good <02896> that [a man] should both hope <03175> (8675) <02342> (8799) and quietly wait <01748> for the salvation <08668> of the LORD <03068>. |
3:27 | [It is] good <02896> for a man <01397> that he bear <05375> (8799) the yoke <05923> in his youth <05271>. |
3:28 | He sitteth <03427> (8799) alone <0910> and keepeth silence <01826> (8799), because he hath borne <05190> (8804) [it] upon him. |
3:29 | He putteth <05414> (8799) his mouth <06310> in the dust <06083>; if so be there may be <03426> hope <08615>. |
3:30 | He giveth <05414> (8799) [his] cheek <03895> to him that smiteth <05221> (8688) him: he is filled full <07646> (8799) with reproach <02781>. |
3:31 | For the Lord <0136> will not cast off <02186> (8799) for ever <05769>: |
3:32 | But though he cause grief <03013> (8689), yet will he have compassion <07355> (8765) according to the multitude <07230> of his mercies <02617>. |
3:33 | For he doth not afflict <06031> (8765) willingly <03820> nor grieve <03013> (8762) the children <01121> of men <0376>. {willingly: Heb. from his heart} |
3:34 | To crush <01792> (8763) under his feet <07272> all the prisoners <0615> of the earth <0776>, |
3:35 | To turn aside <05186> (8687) the right <04941> of a man <01397> before the face <06440> of the most High <05945>, {the most High: or, a superior} |
3:36 | To subvert <05791> (8763) a man <0120> in his cause <07379>, the Lord <0136> approveth <07200> (8804) not. {approveth not: or, seeth not} |
3:37 | Who [is] he [that] saith <0559> (8804), and it cometh to pass, [when] the Lord <0136> commandeth <06680> (8765) [it] not? |
3:38 | Out of the mouth <06310> of the most High <05945> proceedeth <03318> (8799) not evil <07451> and good <02896>? |
3:39 | Wherefore doth a living <02416> man <0120> complain <0596> (8691), a man <01397> for the punishment of his sins <02399>? {complain: or, murmur} |
3:40 | Let us search <02664> (8799) and try <02713> (8799) our ways <01870>, and turn again <07725> (8799) to the LORD <03068>. |
3:41 | Let us lift up <05375> (8799) our heart <03824> with [our] hands <03709> unto God <0410> in the heavens <08064>. |
3:42 | We <05168> have transgressed <06586> (8804) and have rebelled <04784> (8804): thou hast not pardoned <05545> (8804). |
3:43 | Thou hast covered <05526> (8804) with anger <0639>, and persecuted <07291> (8799) us: thou hast slain <02026> (8804), thou hast not pitied <02550> (8804). |
3:44 | Thou hast covered <05526> (8804) thyself with a cloud <06051>, that [our] prayer <08605> should not pass through <05674> (8800). |
3:45 | Thou hast made <07760> (8799) us [as] the offscouring <05501> and refuse <03973> in the midst <07130> of the people <05971>. |
3:46 | All our enemies <0341> (8802) have opened <06475> (8804) their mouths <06310> against us. |
3:47 | Fear <06343> and a snare <06354> is come upon us, desolation <07612> and destruction <07667>. |
3:48 | Mine eye <05869> runneth down <03381> (8799) with rivers <06388> of water <04325> for the destruction <07667> of the daughter <01323> of my people <05971>. |
3:49 | Mine eye <05869> trickleth down <05064> (8738), and ceaseth <01820> (8799) not, without any intermission <02014>, |
3:50 | Till the LORD <03068> look down <08259> (8686), and behold <07200> (8799) from heaven <08064>. |
3:51 | Mine eye <05869> affecteth <05953> (8782) mine heart <05315> because of all the daughters <01323> of my city <05892>. {mine heart: Heb. my soul} {because...: or, more than all} |
3:52 | Mine enemies <0341> (8802) chased <06679> (8804) me sore <06679> (8800), like a bird <06833>, without cause <02600>. |
3:53 | They have cut off <06789> (8804) my life <02416> in the dungeon <0953>, and cast <03034> (8762) a stone <068> upon me. |
3:54 | Waters <04325> flowed over <06687> (8804) mine head <07218>; [then] I said <0559> (8804), I am cut off <01504> (8738). |
3:55 | I called <07121> (8804) upon thy name <08034>, O LORD <03068>, out of the low <08482> dungeon <0953>. |
3:56 | Thou hast heard <08085> (8804) my voice <06963>: hide <05956> (8686) not thine ear <0241> at my breathing <07309>, at my cry <07775>. |
3:57 | Thou drewest near <07126> (8804) in the day <03117> [that] I called <07121> (8799) upon thee: thou saidst <0559> (8804), Fear <03372> (8799) not. |
3:58 | O Lord <0136>, thou hast pleaded <07378> (8804) the causes <07379> of my soul <05315>; thou hast redeemed <01350> (8804) my life <02416>. |
3:59 | O LORD <03068>, thou hast seen <07200> (8804) my wrong <05792>: judge <08199> (8798) thou my cause <04941>. |
3:60 | Thou hast seen <07200> (8804) all their vengeance <05360> [and] all their imaginations <04284> against me. |
3:61 | Thou hast heard <08085> (8804) their reproach <02781>, O LORD <03068>, [and] all their imaginations <04284> against me; |
3:62 | The lips <08193> of those that rose up <06965> (8801) against me, and their device <01902> against me all the day <03117>. |
3:63 | Behold <05027> (8685) their sitting down <03427> (8800), and their rising up <07012>; I [am] their musick <04485>. |
3:64 | Render <07725> (8686) unto them a recompence <01576>, O LORD <03068>, according to the work <04639> of their hands <03027>. |
3:65 | Give <05414> (8799) them sorrow <04044> of heart <03820>, thy curse <08381> unto them. {sorrow...: or, obstinacy of heart} |
3:66 | Persecute <07291> (8799) and destroy <08045> (8686) them in anger <0639> from under the heavens <08064> of the LORD <03068>. |