The Prophet’s Afflictions 1 ULT I{ am} the man seeing affliction by the rod of his wrath. BSB BSB: I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of God’s wrath.
2 ULT He drove me and made{ me} walk{ in} darkness and not light. BSB BSB: He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness instead of light.
3 ULT Surely against me he turns; he turns his hand all the day. BETH BSB BSB: Indeed, He keeps turning His hand against me all day long.
4 ULT He wore out my flesh and my skin; he shattered my bones. BSB BSB: He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones.
5 ULT He built against me and surrounded{ me}{ with} poison and hardship. BSB BSB: He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.
6 ULT In dark places he made me dwell, like the dead of long ago. GIMEL BSB BSB: He has made me dwell in darkness like those dead for ages.
7 ULT He walled me in, and I cannot go out; he made my chains heavy. BSB BSB: He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.
8 ULT Even when I cry out and call for help, he shuts out my prayer. BSB BSB: Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.
9 ULT He walled up my ways with hewn stone; my paths he has made crooked. DALETH BSB BSB: He has barred my ways with cut stones; He has made my paths crooked.
10 ULT He{ is} a bear lying in ambush to me, a lion in hiding places. BSB BSB: He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.
11 ULT He turned aside my ways and tore me apart; he made me desolate. BSB BSB: He forced me off my path and tore me to pieces; He left me without help.
12 ULT He bent his bow and set me up like a target for the arrow. HE BSB BSB: He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.
13 ULT He caused to enter into my kidneys the sons of his quiver. BSB BSB: He pierced my kidneys with His arrows.
14 ULT I became a laughingstock to all my people, their mocking song all the day. BSB BSB: I am a laughingstock to all my people; they mock me in song all day long.
15 ULT He filled me with bitter herbs; he saturated me{ with} wormwood. WAW BSB BSB: He has filled me with bitterness; He has intoxicated me with wormwood.
16 ULT And he made my teeth grind on gravel; he pressed me down in the ashes. BSB BSB: He has ground my teeth with gravel and trampled me in the dust.
17 ULT And my soul was deprived of peace; I have forgotten good. BSB BSB: My soul has been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is.
18 ULT And I said,“My endurance has perished, and my hope from Yahweh.” ZAYIN BSB BSB: So I say, “My strength has perished, along with my hope from the LORD.”
The Prophet’s Hope 19 ULT Remember my affliction and my wandering, the wormwood and the poison. BSB BSB: Remember my affliction and wandering, the wormwood and the gall.
20 ULT Remembering, it remembers, and my soul bows down upon me. BSB BSB: Surely my soul remembers and is humbled within me.
21 ULT This I bring back to my heart; therefore I will hope. HETH BSB BSB: Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope:
23 ULT { They} are new in the mornings; great{ is} your faithfulness. BSB BSB: They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!
24 ULT “Yahweh{ is} my portion,” my soul said; therefore I will hope in him. TETH BSB BSB: “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.”
25 ULT Yahweh{ is} good to the ones waiting for him, to the soul{ that} seeks him. BSB BSB: The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.
26 ULT { It} is good to wait and{ be} silent for the salvation of Yahweh. BSB BSB: It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.
27 ULT { It} is good for a man that he bears a yoke in his youth. YODH BSB BSB: It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is still young.
28 ULT Let him sit alone and be silent, for he has laid{ it} upon him. BSB BSB: Let him sit alone in silence, for the LORD has laid it upon him.
29 ULT Let him put his mouth in the dust; perhaps there is hope. BSB BSB: Let him bury his face in the dust—perhaps there is still hope.
30 ULT Let him give{ his} cheek to the one striking him; let{ people} fill him with reproach. KAPH BSB BSB: Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him; let him be filled with reproach.
31 ULT For the Lord will not reject forever. BSB BSB: For the Lord will not cast us off forever.
32 ULT For though he causes grief, he will have compassion according to the abundance of his covenant faithfulness. BSB BSB: Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion.
33 ULT For he does not afflict from his heart, or grieve the sons of man. LAMEDH BSB BSB: For He does not willingly afflict or grieve the sons of men.
34 ULT To crush under his feet all the prisoners of{ the} earth, BSB BSB: To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the land,
35 ULT to turn aside the justice of a man before the face of the Most High, BSB BSB: to deny a man justice before the Most High,
36 ULT to pervert a man in his dispute— the Lord does not see{ it.} MEM BSB BSB: to subvert a man in his lawsuit—of these the Lord does not approve.
God’s Justice 37 ULT Who{ is} this{ who} spoke and it came to be?{ Did} the Lord not command{ it?} BSB BSB: Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?
38 ULT From the mouth of the Most High do not the evil things and the good go forth? BSB BSB: Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High?
39 ULT Why should a living man complain, a man about his sins? NUN BSB BSB: Why should any mortal man complain, in view of his sins?
40 ULT Let us search our ways and examine{ them,} and let us return to Yahweh. BSB BSB: Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.
41 ULT Let us lift up our hearts with{ our} hands to God in the heavens. BSB BSB: Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven:
42 ULT We, we have transgressed and rebelled; you have not forgiven. SAMEKH BSB BSB: “We have sinned and rebelled; You have not forgiven.”
43 ULT You covered{ yourself} in nose and pursued us; you killed; you did not show pity. BSB BSB: You have covered Yourself in anger and pursued us; You have killed without pity.
44 ULT You covered yourself in a cloud, from a prayer passing through. BSB BSB: You have covered Yourself with a cloud that no prayer can pass through.
45 ULT Offscouring and refuse you make us in the midst of the peoples. AYIN BSB BSB: You have made us scum and refuse among the nations.
46 ULT All our enemies opened their mouth against us. BSB BSB: All our enemies open their mouths against us.
47 ULT Terror and the pit have come to us, the desolation and the destruction. BSB BSB: Panic and pitfall have come upon us—devastation and destruction.
48 ULT Streams of water go down{ from} my eye, over the destruction of the daughter of my people. PE BSB BSB: Streams of tears flow from my eyes over the destruction of the daughter of my people.
49 ULT My eye pours out and does not cease, without stopping, BSB BSB: My eyes overflow unceasingly, without relief,
50 ULT until he looks down and Yahweh sees from the heavens. BSB BSB: until the LORD looks down from heaven and sees.
51 ULT My eye brings grief to my soul because of all the daughters of my city. TSADHE BSB BSB: My eyes bring grief to my soul because of all the daughters of my city.
52 ULT Hunting, they hunted me like a bird, my enemies without cause. BSB BSB: Without cause my enemies hunted me like a bird.
53 ULT They silenced my life in the pit and cast a stone against me. BSB BSB: They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me.
54 ULT Waters flowed over my head; I said,“I am cut off.” QOPH BSB BSB: The waters flowed over my head, and I thought I was going to die.
55 ULT I called on your name, Yahweh, from the pit of the depths. BSB BSB: I called on Your name, O LORD, out of the depths of the Pit.
56 ULT You heard my voice; do not hide your ear to my relief, to my cry for help. BSB BSB: You heard my plea: “Do not ignore my cry for relief.”
57 ULT You drew near on the day I called on you; you said,“Do not fear.” RESH BSB BSB: You drew near when I called on You; You said, “Do not be afraid.”
58 ULT Lord, you pleaded the cases of my soul; you redeemed my life. BSB BSB: You defend my cause, O Lord; You redeem my life.
59 ULT You have seen, Yahweh, my wrong; judge my case. BSB BSB: You have seen, O LORD, the wrong done to me; vindicate my cause!
60 ULT You have seen all their vengeance, all their plans against me. SIN BSB BSB: You have seen all their malice, all their plots against me.
61 ULT You have heard their reproach, Yahweh, all their plans against me, BSB BSB: O LORD, You have heard their insults, all their plots against me—
62 ULT the lips of those rising against me and their muttering against me all the day. BSB BSB: the slander and murmuring of my assailants against me all day long.
63 ULT Look at their sitting and their rising; I{ am} their mocking song. TAW BSB BSB: When they sit and when they rise, see how they mock me in song.
64 ULT You will return to them recompense, Yahweh, according to the work of their hands. BSB BSB: You will pay them back what they deserve, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
65 ULT You will give them a covering of heart; your curse{ will} be on them. BSB BSB: Put a veil of anguish over their hearts; may Your curse be upon them!
66 ULT You will pursue in nose and destroy them from under the heavens of Yahweh. BSB BSB: You will pursue them in anger and exterminate them from under Your heavens, O LORD.
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