The Prophet’s Afflictions 1 UEB I am a man who has seen misery under the rod of Yahweh's fury. BSB BSB: I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of God’s wrath.
2 UEB He drove me away and caused me to walk in darkness rather than light. BSB BSB: He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness instead of light.
3 UEB Surely he turned his hand against me again and again, the whole day long. BSB BSB: Indeed, He keeps turning His hand against me all day long.
4 UEB He made my flesh and my skin waste away; he broke my bones. BSB BSB: He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones.
5 UEB He built up siege works against me, and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship. BSB BSB: He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.
6 UEB He made me live in dark places, like those who died long ago. BSB BSB: He has made me dwell in darkness like those dead for ages.
7 UEB He built a wall around me and I cannot escape. He made my chains heavy BSB BSB: He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.
8 UEB and though I call out and cry for help, he shut out my prayer. BSB BSB: Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.
9 UEB He blocked my path with a wall of hewn stone; he made my paths crooked. BSB BSB: He has barred my ways with cut stones; He has made my paths crooked.
10 UEB He is like a bear waiting to ambush me, a lion in hiding; BSB BSB: He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.
11 UEB he turned aside my paths, he has made me desolate. BSB BSB: He forced me off my path and tore me to pieces; He left me without help.
12 UEB He bent his bow and set me as a target for his arrow. BSB BSB: He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.
13 UEB He pierced my kidneys with the arrows of his quiver. BSB BSB: He pierced my kidneys with His arrows.
14 UEB I became a laughingstock to all my people, the object of their taunting all day long. BSB BSB: I am a laughingstock to all my people; they mock me in song all day long.
15 UEB He filled me with bitterness and forced me to drink wormwood. BSB BSB: He has filled me with bitterness; He has intoxicated me with wormwood.
16 UEB He has made my teeth grind with gravel, and he made me cower in the ashes. BSB BSB: He has ground my teeth with gravel and trampled me in the dust.
17 UEB My soul is deprived of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is. BSB BSB: My soul has been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is.
18 UEB So I say, "My endurance has perished and so has my hope in Yahweh." BSB BSB: So I say, “My strength has perished, along with my hope from the LORD.”
The Prophet’s Hope 19 UEB Remember my affliction and my wanderings, the wormwood and bitterness. BSB BSB: Remember my affliction and wandering, the wormwood and the gall.
20 UEB I continually remember it and I am bowed down within me. BSB BSB: Surely my soul remembers and is humbled within me.
21 UEB But I call this to mind and therefore I have hope: BSB BSB: Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope:
23 UEB they are new every morning; your faithfulness is great. BSB BSB: They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!
24 UEB "Yahweh is my inheritance," I said, therefore I will hope in him. BSB BSB: “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.”
25 UEB Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the one who seeks him. BSB BSB: The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.
26 UEB It is good to wait silently for the salvation of Yahweh. BSB BSB: It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
27 UEB It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. BSB BSB: It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is still young.
28 UEB Let him sit alone in silence, when it is laid upon him. BSB BSB: Let him sit alone in silence, for the LORD has laid it upon him.
29 UEB Let him put his mouth in the dust—there may yet be hope. BSB BSB: Let him bury his face in the dust—perhaps there is still hope.
30 UEB Let him offer his cheek to the one who strikes him, and let him be filled to the full with reproach. BSB BSB: Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him; let him be filled with reproach.
31 UEB For the Lord will not reject us forever, BSB BSB: For the Lord will not cast us off forever.
32 UEB but though he causes grief, he will have compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love. BSB BSB: Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion.
33 UEB For he does not afflict from his heart or torment the children of mankind. BSB BSB: For He does not willingly afflict or grieve the sons of men.
34 UEB To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the earth, BSB BSB: To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the land,
35 UEB to deny a man justice in the presence of the Most High, BSB BSB: to deny a man justice before the Most High,
36 UEB to deny justice to a person—the Lord would not approve such things! BSB BSB: to subvert a man in his lawsuit—of these the Lord does not approve.
God’s Justice 37 UEB Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord decreed it? BSB BSB: Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?
38 UEB Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that both calamities and the good come? BSB BSB: Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High?
39 UEB How can any person alive complain? How can a person complain about the punishment for his sins? BSB BSB: Why should any mortal man complain, in view of his sins?
40 UEB Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to Yahweh. BSB BSB: Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.
41 UEB Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in the heavens: BSB BSB: Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven:
42 UEB "We have transgressed and rebelled, and you have not forgiven. BSB BSB: “We have sinned and rebelled; You have not forgiven.”
43 UEB You have covered yourself with anger and pursued us, you have killed and you have not spared. BSB BSB: You have covered Yourself in anger and pursued us; You have killed without pity.
44 UEB You have covered yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can pass through. BSB BSB: You have covered Yourself with a cloud that no prayer can pass through.
45 UEB You have made us like filthy scum and refuse among the nations. BSB BSB: You have made us scum and refuse among the nations.
46 UEB All our enemies curse us, BSB BSB: All our enemies open their mouths against us.
47 UEB panic and pitfall have come upon us, ruin and destruction. BSB BSB: Panic and pitfall have come upon us—devastation and destruction.
48 UEB My eyes flow with streams of tears because my people are destroyed. BSB BSB: Streams of tears flow from my eyes over the destruction of the daughter of my people.
49 UEB My eyes will shed tears without ceasing, without relief, BSB BSB: My eyes overflow unceasingly, without relief,
50 UEB until Yahweh from heaven looks down and sees. BSB BSB: until the LORD looks down from heaven and sees.
51 UEB My eyes cause me grief because of all the daughters of my city. BSB BSB: My eyes bring grief to my soul because of all the daughters of my city.
52 UEB I have been hunted like a bird by those who were my enemies; they hunted me without a reason. BSB BSB: Without cause my enemies hunted me like a bird.
53 UEB They cast me into a pit and they threw a stone on me, BSB BSB: They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me.
54 UEB and they caused waters to overflow, covering my head. I said, 'I have been cut off!' BSB BSB: The waters flowed over my head, and I thought I was going to die.
55 UEB I called on your name, Yahweh, from the depths of the pit. BSB BSB: I called on Your name, O LORD, out of the depths of the Pit.
56 UEB You heard my voice when I said, 'Do not close your ear to my cry for help.' BSB BSB: You heard my plea: “Do not ignore my cry for relief.”
57 UEB You came near on the day I called on you; you said, 'Do not fear.' BSB BSB: You drew near when I called on You; You said, “Do not be afraid.”
58 UEB Lord, you defended my case, you saved my life! BSB BSB: You defend my cause, O Lord; You redeem my life.
59 UEB Yahweh, you have seen the wrong they have done to me; judge my case. BSB BSB: You have seen, O LORD, the wrong done to me; vindicate my cause!
60 UEB You have seen their insults, all their plots against me— BSB BSB: You have seen all their malice, all their plots against me.
61 UEB You have heard their scorn, Yahweh, and all their plans regarding me. BSB BSB: O LORD, You have heard their insults, all their plots against me—
62 UEB The lips and the accusations of my enemies come against me all the day. BSB BSB: the slander and murmuring of my assailants against me all day long.
63 UEB Look at how they sit and then rise up; they mock me with their songs. BSB BSB: When they sit and when they rise, see how they mock me in song.
64 UEB Pay back to them, Yahweh, according to what they have done. BSB BSB: You will pay them back what they deserve, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
65 UEB You will let their hearts be shameless! May your condemnation be upon them! BSB BSB: Put a veil of anguish over their hearts; may Your curse be upon them!
66 UEB You pursue them in anger and destroy them from under the heavens, Yahweh!" BSB BSB: You will pursue them in anger and exterminate them from under Your heavens, O LORD.
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