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1 I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of God’s wrath. I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of his wrath; I <i>am</i> the man <i>that</i> hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. I am the man who has seen misery Because of the rod of His wrath. I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of the LORD’s wrath.
2 He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness instead of light. he has driven and brought me into darkness without any light; He hath led me, and brought <i>me into</i> darkness, but not <i>into</i> light. He has driven me and made me walk In darkness and not in light. He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness rather than light;
3 Indeed, He keeps turning His hand against me all day long. surely against me he turns his hand again and again the whole day long. Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand <i>against me</i> all the day. Indeed, He has turned His hand against me Repeatedly all the day. indeed, he has turned his hand against me again and again, all day long.
4 He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones. He has made my flesh and my skin waste away; he has broken my bones; My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones. He has consumed my flesh and my skin, He has broken my bones. He has made my skin and my flesh grow old and has broken my bones.
5 He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship. he has besieged and enveloped me with bitterness and tribulation; He hath builded against me, and compassed <i>me</i> with gall and travail. He has besieged and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship. He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.
6 He has made me dwell in darkness like those dead for ages. he has made me dwell in darkness like the dead of long ago. He hath set me in dark places, as <i>they that be</i> dead of old. He has made me live in dark places, Like those who have long been dead. He has made me dwell in darkness like those long dead.
7 He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains. He has walled me about so that I cannot escape; he has made my chains heavy; He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy. He has walled me in so that I cannot go out; He has made my chain heavy. He has walled me in so I cannot escape; he has weighed me down with chains.
8 Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer. though I call and cry for help, he shuts out my prayer; Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer. Even when I cry out and call for help, He shuts out my prayer. Even when I call out or cry for help, he shuts out my prayer.
9 He has barred my ways with cut stones; He has made my paths crooked. he has blocked my ways with blocks of stones; he has made my paths crooked. He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked. He has blocked my ways with cut stone; He has twisted my paths. He has barred my way with blocks of stone; he has made my paths crooked.
10 He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush. He is a bear lying in wait for me, a lion in hiding; He <i>was</i> unto me <i>as</i> a bear lying in wait, <i>and as</i> a lion in secret places. He is to me <i>like</i> a bear lying in wait, <i>Like</i> a lion in secret places. Like a bear lying in wait, like a lion in hiding,
11 He forced me off my path and tore me to pieces; He left me without help. he turned aside my steps and tore me to pieces; he has made me desolate; He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate. He has made my ways deviate, and torn me to pieces; He has made me desolate. he dragged me from the path and mangled me and left me without help.
12 He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow. he bent his bow and set me as a target for his arrow. He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. He bent His bow And took aim at me as a target for the arrow. He drew his bow and made me the target for his arrows.
13 He pierced my kidneys with His arrows. He drove into my kidneys the arrows of his quiver; He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins. He made the arrows of His quiver Enter my inward parts. He pierced my heart with arrows from his quiver.
14 I am a laughingstock to all my people; they mock me in song all day long. I have become the laughingstock of all peoples, the object of their taunts all day long. I was a derision to all my people; <i>and</i> their song all the day. I have become a laughingstock to all my people, Their song of ridicule all the day. I became the laughingstock of all my people; they mock me in song all day long.
15 He has filled me with bitterness; He has intoxicated me with wormwood. He has filled me with bitterness; he has sated me with wormwood. He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood. He has filled me with bitterness, He has made me drink plenty of wormwood. He has filled me with bitter herbs and given me gall to drink.
16 He has ground my teeth with gravel and trampled me in the dust. He has made my teeth grind on gravel, and made me cower in ashes; He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes. He has also made my teeth grind with gravel; He has made me cower in the dust. He has broken my teeth with gravel; he has trampled me in the dust.
17 My soul has been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is. my soul is bereft of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is; And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity. My soul has been excluded from peace; I have forgotten happiness. I have been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is.
18 So I say, “My strength has perished, along with my hope from the LORD.” so I say, “My endurance has perished; so has my hope from the LORD.” And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD: So I say, “My strength has failed, And <i>so has</i> my hope from the LORD.” So I say, “My splendor is gone and all that I had hoped from the LORD.”
19 Remember my affliction and wandering, the wormwood and the gall. Remember my affliction and my wanderings, the wormwood and the gall! Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. Remember my misery and my homelessness, the wormwood and bitterness. I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall.
20 Surely my soul remembers and is humbled within me. My soul continually remembers it and is bowed down within me. My soul hath <i>them</i> still in remembrance, and is humbled in me. My soul certainly remembers, And is bent over within me. I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me.
21 Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope: But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. I recall this to my mind, Therefore I wait. Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope:
22 Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail. The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; <i>It is of</i> the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. The LORD’S acts of mercy indeed do not end, For His compassions do not fail. Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.
23 They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness! they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. <i>They are</i> new every morning: great <i>is</i> thy faithfulness. <i>They</i> are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
24 “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.” “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.” The LORD <i>is</i> my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “Therefore I wait for Him.” I say to myself, “The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.”
25 The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him. The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. The LORD <i>is</i> good unto them that wait for him, to the soul <i>that</i> seeketh him. The LORD is good to those who await Him, To the person <i>who</i> seeks Him. The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him;
26 It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD. It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD. <i>It is</i> good that <i>a man</i> should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD. <i>It is</i> good that he waits silently For the salvation of the LORD. it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
27 It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is still young. It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. <i>It is</i> good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. <i>It is</i> good for a man to bear The yoke in his youth. It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is young.
28 Let him sit alone in silence, for God has disciplined him. Let him sit alone in silence when it is laid on him; He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne <i>it</i> upon him. Let him sit alone and keep quiet, Since He has laid <i>it</i> on him. Let him sit alone in silence, for the LORD has laid it on him.
29 Let him bury his face in the dust— perhaps there is still hope. let him put his mouth in the dust— there may yet be hope; He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope. Let him put his mouth in the dust; Perhaps there is hope. Let him bury his face in the dust— there may yet be hope.
30 Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him; let him be filled with reproach. let him give his cheek to the one who strikes, and let him be filled with insults. He giveth <i>his</i> cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach. Let him give <i>his</i> cheek to the one who is going to strike him; Let him be filled with shame. Let him offer his cheek to one who would strike him, and let him be filled with disgrace.
31 For the Lord will not cast us off forever. For the Lord will not cast off forever, For the Lord will not cast off for ever: For the Lord will not reject forever, For no one is cast off by the Lord forever.
32 Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion. but, though he cause grief, he will have compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love; But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. For if He causes grief, Then He will have compassion In proportion to His abundant mercy. Though he brings grief, he will show compassion, so great is his unfailing love.
33 For He does not willingly afflict or grieve the sons of men. for he does not afflict from his heart or grieve the children of men. For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men. For He does not afflict willingly Or grieve the sons of mankind. For he does not willingly bring affliction or grief to anyone.
34 To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the land, To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the earth, To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth, To crush under one’s feet All the prisoners of the land, To crush underfoot all prisoners in the land,
35 to deny a man justice before the Most High, to deny a man justice in the presence of the Most High, To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High, To deprive a man of justice In the presence of the Most High, to deny people their rights before the Most High,
36 to subvert a man in his lawsuit— of these the Lord does not approve. to subvert a man in his lawsuit, the Lord does not approve. To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not. To defraud someone in his lawsuit— <i>Of these things</i> the Lord does not approve. to deprive them of justice— would not the Lord see such things?
37 Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it? Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has commanded it? Who <i>is</i> he <i>that</i> saith, and it cometh to pass, <i>when</i> the Lord commandeth <i>it</i> not? Who is there who speaks and it comes to pass, Unless the Lord has commanded <i>it?</i> Who can speak and have it happen if the Lord has not decreed it?
38 Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High? Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that good and bad come? Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good? <i>Is it</i> not from the mouth of the Most High That both adversity and good proceed? Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that both calamities and good things come?
39 Why should any mortal man complain, in view of his sins? Why should a living man complain, a man, about the punishment of his sins? Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? Of what can <i>any</i> living mortal, <i>or any</i> man, Complain in view of his sins? Why should the living complain when punished for their sins?
40 Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD. Let us test and examine our ways, and return to the LORD! Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD. Let’s examine and search out our ways, And let’s return to the LORD. Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the LORD.
41 Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven: Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven: Let us lift up our heart with <i>our</i> hands unto God in the heavens. We raise our heart and hands Toward God in heaven; Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven, and say:
42 “We have sinned and rebelled; You have not forgiven.” “We have transgressed and rebelled, and you have not forgiven. We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned. We have done wrong and rebelled; You have not pardoned. “We have sinned and rebelled and you have not forgiven.
43 You have covered Yourself in anger and pursued us; You have killed without pity. “You have wrapped yourself with anger and pursued us, killing without pity; Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied. You have covered <i>Yourself</i> with anger And pursued us; You have slain <i>and</i> have not spared. “You have covered yourself with anger and pursued us; you have slain without pity.
44 You have covered Yourself with a cloud that no prayer can pass through. you have wrapped yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can pass through. Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that <i>our</i> prayer should not pass through. You have veiled Yourself with a cloud So that no prayer can pass through. You have covered yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can get through.
45 You have made us scum and refuse among the nations. You have made us scum and garbage among the peoples. Thou hast made us <i>as</i> the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people. You have made us <i>mere</i> refuse and rubbish In the midst of the peoples. You have made us scum and refuse among the nations.
46 All our enemies open their mouths against us. “All our enemies open their mouths against us; All our enemies have opened their mouths against us. All our enemies have opened their mouths against us. “All our enemies have opened their mouths wide against us.
47 Panic and pitfall have come upon us— devastation and destruction. panic and pitfall have come upon us, devastation and destruction; Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction. Panic and pitfall have come upon us, Devastation and destruction; We have suffered terror and pitfalls, ruin and destruction.”
48 Streams of tears flow from my eyes over the destruction of the daughter of my people. my eyes flow with rivers of tears because of 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. My eyes run down <i>with</i> streams of water Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people. Streams of tears flow from my eyes because my people are destroyed.
49 My eyes overflow unceasingly, without relief, “My eyes will flow without ceasing, without respite, Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission, My eyes flow unceasingly, Without stopping, My eyes will flow unceasingly, without relief,
50 until the LORD looks down from heaven and sees. until the LORD from heaven looks down and sees; Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven. Until the LORD looks down And sees from heaven. until the LORD looks down from heaven and sees.
51 My eyes bring grief to my soul because of all the daughters of my city. my eyes cause me grief at the fate of all the daughters of my city. Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city. My eyes bring pain to my soul Because of all the daughters of my city. What I see brings grief to my soul because of all the women of my city.
52 Without cause my enemies hunted me like a bird. “I have been hunted like a bird by those who were my enemies without cause; Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause. My enemies without reason Hunted me down like a bird; Those who were my enemies without cause hunted me like a bird.
53 They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me. they flung me alive into the pit and cast stones on me; They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me. They have silenced me in the pit And have thrown stones on me. They tried to end my life in a pit and threw stones at me;
54 The waters flowed over my head, and I thought I was going to die. water closed over my head; I said, ‘I am lost.’ Waters flowed over mine head; <i>then</i> I said, I am cut off. Waters flowed over my head; I said, “I am cut off!” the waters closed over my head, and I thought I was about to perish.
55 I called on Your name, O LORD, out of the depths of the Pit. “I called on your name, O LORD, from the depths of the pit; I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon. I called on Your name, LORD, Out of the lowest pit. I called on your name, LORD, from the depths of the pit.
56 You heard my plea: “Do not ignore my cry for relief.” you heard my plea, ‘Do not close your ear to my cry for help!’ Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry. You have heard my voice, “Do not cover Your ear from my <i>plea for</i> relief, From my cry for help.” You heard my plea: “Do not close your ears to my cry for relief.”
57 You drew near when I called on You; You said, “Do not be afraid.” You came near when I called on you; you said, ‘Do not fear!’ Thou drewest near in the day <i>that</i> I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not. You came near on the day I called to You; You said, “Do not fear!” You came near when I called you, and you said, “Do not fear.”
58 You defend my cause, O Lord; You redeem my life. “You have taken up my cause, O Lord; you have redeemed my life. O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life. Lord, You have pleaded my soul’s cause; You have redeemed my life. You, Lord, took up my case; you redeemed my life.
59 You have seen, O LORD, the wrong done to me; vindicate my cause! You have seen the wrong done to me, O LORD; judge my cause. O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause. LORD, You have seen my oppression; Judge my case. LORD, you have seen the wrong done to me. Uphold my cause!
60 You have seen all their malice, all their plots against me. You have seen all their vengeance, all their plots against me. Thou hast seen all their vengeance <i>and</i> all their imaginations against me. You have seen all their vengeance, All their schemes against me. You have seen the depth of their vengeance, all their plots against me.
61 O LORD, You have heard their insults, all their plots against me— “You have heard their taunts, O LORD, all their plots against me. Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, <i>and</i> all their imaginations against me; You have heard their reproach, LORD, All their schemes against me. LORD, you have heard their insults, all their plots against me—
62 the slander and murmuring of my assailants against me all day long. The lips and thoughts of my assailants are against me all the day long. The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day. The lips of my assailants and their talk <i>Are</i> against me all day long. what my enemies whisper and mutter against me all day long.
63 When they sit and when they rise, see how they mock me in song. Behold their sitting and their rising; I am the object of their taunts. Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I <i>am</i> their musick. Look at their sitting and their rising; I am their mocking song. Look at them! Sitting or standing, they mock me in their songs.
64 You will pay them back what they deserve, O LORD, according to the work of their hands. “You will repay them, O LORD, according to the work of their hands. Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands. You will repay them, LORD, In accordance with the work of their hands. Pay them back what they deserve, LORD, for what their hands have done.
65 Put a veil of anguish over their hearts; may Your curse be upon them! You will give them dullness of heart; your curse will be on them. Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them. You will give them shamelessness of heart, Your curse will be on them. Put a veil over their hearts, and may your curse be on them!
66 You will pursue them in anger and exterminate them from under Your heavens, O LORD. You will pursue them in anger and destroy them from under your heavens, O LORD.” Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD. You will pursue them in anger and eliminate them From under the heavens of the LORD! Pursue them in anger and destroy them from under the heavens of the LORD.
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