I am the man{H1397} that hath seen{H7200} affliction{H6040} by the rod{H7626} of his wrath.{H5678}

He hath led{H5090} me and caused{H3212} me to walk in darkness,{H2822} and not in light.{H216}

Surely against me he turneth{H7725} his hand{H3027} again{H2015} and again all the day.{H3117}

My flesh{H1320} and my skin{H5785} hath he made old;{H1086} he hath broken{H7665} my bones.{H6106}

He hath builded against{H1129} me, and compassed{H5362} me with gall{H7219} and travail.{H8513}

He hath made{H3427} me to dwell in dark places,{H4285} as those that have been long{H5769} dead.{H4191}

He hath walled{H1443} me about, that I cannot go forth;{H3318} he hath made my chain{H5178} heavy.{H3513}

Yea, when I cry,{H2199} and call{H2199} for help, he shutteth out{H5640} my prayer.{H8605}

He hath walled{H1443} up my ways{H1870} with hewn stone;{H1496} he hath made my paths{H5410} crooked.{H5753}

He is unto me as a bear{H1677} lying in wait,{H693} as a lion{H738} in secret places.{H4565}

He hath turned aside{H5493} my ways,{H1870} and pulled me in pieces;{H6582} he hath made{H7760} me desolate.{H8074}

He hath bent{H1869} his bow,{H7198} and set{H5324} me as a mark{H4307} for the arrow.{H2671}

He hath caused the shafts{H1121} of his quiver{H827} to enter{H935} into my reins.{H3629}

I am become a derision{H7814} to all my people,{H5971} and their song{H5058} all the day.{H3117}

He hath filled{H7646} me with bitterness,{H4844} he hath sated{H7301} me with wormwood.{H3939}

He hath also broken{H1638} my teeth{H8127} with gravel stones;{H2687} he hath covered{H3728} me with ashes.{H665}

And thou hast removed{H2186} my soul{H5315} far off{H2186} from peace;{H7965} I forgat{H5382} prosperity.{H2896}

And I said,{H559} My strength{H5331} is perished,{H6} and mine expectation{H8431} from Jehovah.{H3068}

Remember{H2142} mine affliction{H6040} and my misery,{H4788} the wormwood{H3939} and the gall.{H7219}

My soul{H5315} hath them still{H2142} in remembrance,{H2142} and is bowed down{H7743} within me.

This I recall{H7725} to my mind;{H3820} therefore have I hope.{H3176}

[ It is of] Jehovah's{H3068} lovingkindnesses{H2617} that we are not consumed,{H8552} because his compassions{H7356} fail{H3615} not.

They are new{H2319} every morning;{H1242} great{H7227} is thy faithfulness.{H530}

Jehovah{H3068} is my portion,{H2506} saith{H559} my soul;{H5315} therefore will I hope{H3176} in him.

Jehovah{H3068} is good{H2896} unto them that wait{H6960} for him, to the soul{H5315} that seeketh{H1875} him.

It is good{H2896} that a man should hope{H3175} and quietly wait{H1748} for the salvation{H8668} of Jehovah.{H3068}

It is good{H2896} for a man{H1397} that he bear{H5375} the yoke{H5923} in his youth.{H5271}

Let him sit{H3427} alone{H910} and keep silence,{H1826} because he hath laid{H5190} it upon him.

Let him put his mouth{H6310} in the dust,{H6083} if so be{H3426} there may be{H3426} hope.{H8615}

Let him give{H5414} his cheek{H3895} to him that smiteth{H5221} him; let him be filled full{H7646} with reproach.{H2781}

For the Lord{H136} will not cast off{H2186} for ever.{H5769}

For though he cause grief,{H3013} yet will he have compassion{H7355} according to the multitude{H7230} of his lovingkindnesses.{H2617}

For he doth not afflict{H6031} willingly,{H3820} nor grieve{H3013} the children{H1121} of men.{H376}

To crush{H1792} under foot{H7272} all the prisoners{H615} of the earth,{H776}

To turn aside{H5186} the right{H4941} of a man{H1397} before the face{H6440} of the Most High,{H5945}

To subvert{H5791} a man{H120} in his cause,{H7379} the Lord{H136} approveth{H7200} not.

Who is he that saith,{H559} and it cometh to pass, when the Lord{H136} commandeth{H6680} it not?

Out of the mouth{H6310} of the Most High{H5945} cometh{H3318} there not evil{H7451} and good?{H2896}

Wherefore doth a living{H2416} man{H120} complain,{H596} a man{H1397} for the punishment of his sins?{H2399}

Let us search{H2664} and try{H2713} our ways,{H1870} and turn again{H7725} to Jehovah.{H3068}

Let us lift up{H5375} our heart{H3824} with our hands{H3709} unto God{H410} in the heavens.{H8064}

We{H5168} have transgressed{H6586} and have rebelled;{H4784} thou hast not pardoned.{H5545}

Thou hast covered{H5526} with anger{H639} and pursued{H7291} us; thou hast slain,{H2026} thou hast not pitied.{H2550}

Thou hast covered{H5526} thyself with a cloud,{H6051} so that no prayer{H8605} can pass through.{H5674}

Thou hast made{H7760} us an off-scouring{H5501} and refuse{H3973} in the midst{H7130} of the peoples.{H5971}

All our enemies{H341} have opened{H6475} their mouth{H6310} wide against us.

Fear{H6343} and the pit{H6354} are come upon us, devastation{H7612} and destruction.{H7667}

Mine eye{H5869} runneth down{H3381} with streams{H6388} of water,{H4325} for the destruction{H7667} of the daughter{H1323} of my people.{H5971}

Mine eye{H5869} poureth down,{H5064} and ceaseth{H1820} not, without any intermission,{H2014}

Till Jehovah{H3068} look down,{H8259} and behold{H7200} from heaven.{H8064}

Mine eye{H5869} affecteth{H5953} my soul,{H5315} because of all the daughters{H1323} of my city.{H5892}

They have chased{H6679} me sore{H6679} like a bird,{H6833} they that are mine enemies{H341} without cause.{H2600}

They have cut off{H6789} my life{H2416} in the dungeon,{H953} and have cast{H3034} a stone{H68} upon me.

Waters{H4325} flowed over{H6687} my head;{H7218} I said,{H559} I am cut off.{H1504}

I called{H7121} upon thy name,{H8034} O Jehovah,{H3068} out of the lowest{H8482} dungeon.{H953}

Thou heardest{H8085} my voice;{H6963} hide{H5956} not thine ear{H241} at my breathing,{H7309} at my cry.{H7775}

Thou drewest near{H7126} in the day{H3117} that I called{H7121} upon thee; thou saidst,{H559} Fear{H3372} not.

O Lord,{H136} thou hast pleaded{H7378} the causes{H7379} of my soul;{H5315} thou hast redeemed{H1350} my life.{H2416}

O Jehovah,{H3068} thou hast seen{H7200} my wrong;{H5792} judge{H8199} thou my cause.{H4941}

Thou hast seen{H7200} all their vengeance{H5360} and all their devices{H4284} against me.

Thou hast heard{H8085} their reproach,{H2781} O Jehovah,{H3068} and all their devices{H4284} against me,

The lips{H8193} of those that rose up{H6965} against me, and their device{H1902} against me all the day.{H3117}

Behold{H5027} thou their sitting down,{H3427} and their rising up;{H7012} I am their song.{H4485}

Thou wilt render{H7725} unto them a recompense,{H1576} O Jehovah,{H3068} according to the work{H4639} of their hands.{H3027}

Thou wilt give{H5414} them hardness{H4044} of heart,{H3820} thy curse{H8381} unto them.

Thou wilt pursue{H7291} them in anger,{H639} and destroy{H8045} them from under the heavens{H8064} of Jehovah.{H3068}