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[1]I am the manH1397 that hath seenH7200[H8804] afflictionH6040 by the rodH7626 of his wrathH5678.
[2]He hath ledH5090[H8804] me, and broughtH3212[H8686] me into darknessH2822, but not into lightH216.
[3]Surely against me is he turnedH7725[H8799]; he turnethH2015[H8799] his handH3027 against me all the dayH3117.
[4]My fleshH1320 and my skinH5785 hath he made oldH1086[H8765]; he hath brokenH7665[H8765] my bonesH6106.
[5]He hath builded againstH1129[H8804] me, and compassedH5362[H8686] me with gallH7219 and travailH8513.
[6]He hath setH3427[H8689] me in dark placesH4285, as they that be deadH4191[H8801] of oldH5769.
[7]He hath hedgedH1443[H8804] me about, that I cannot get outH3318[H8799]: he hath made my chainH5178 heavyH3513.[H8689]
[8]Also when I cryH2199[H8799] and shoutH7768[H8762], he shutteth outH5640[H8804] my prayerH8605.
[9]He hath inclosedH1443[H8804] my waysH1870 with hewn stoneH1496, he hath made my pathsH5410 crookedH5753.[H8765]
[10]He was unto me as a bearH1677 lying in waitH693[H8802], and as a lionH738 in secret placesH4565.
[11]He hath turned asideH5493[H8790] my waysH1870, and pulled me in piecesH6582[H8762]: he hath madeH7760[H8804] me desolateH8074.[H8802]
[12]He hath bentH1869[H8804] his bowH7198, and setH5324[H8686] me as a markH4307 for the arrowH2671.
[13]He hath caused the arrowsH1121 of his quiverH827 to enterH935[H8689] into my reinsH3629.
[14]I was a derisionH7814 to all my peopleH5971; and their songH5058 all the dayH3117.
[15]He hath filledH7646[H8689] me with bitternessH4844, he hath made me drunkenH7301[H8689] with wormwoodH3939.
[16]He hath also brokenH1638[H8686] my teethH8127 with gravel stonesH2687, he hath coveredH3728[H8689] me with ashesH665.
[17]And thou hast removedH2186 my soulH5315 far offH2186[H8799] from peaceH7965: I forgatH5382[H8804] prosperityH2896.
[18]And I saidH559[H8799], My strengthH5331 and my hopeH8431 is perishedH6[H8804] from the LORDH3068:
[19]RememberingH2142[H8798] mine afflictionH6040 and my miseryH4788, the wormwoodH3939 and the gallH7219.
[20]My soulH5315 hath them stillH2142[H8800] in remembranceH2142[H8799], and is humbledH7743 in meH8686.
[21]This I recallH7725[H8686] to my mindH3820, therefore have I hopeH3176.[H8686]
[22]It is of the LORD'SH3068 merciesH2617 that we are not consumedH8552[H8804], because his compassionsH7356 failH3615 notH8804.
[23]They are newH2319 every morningH1242: greatH7227 is thy faithfulnessH530.
[24]The LORDH3068 is my portionH2506, saithH559[H8804] my soulH5315; therefore will I hopeH3176 in himH8686.
[25]The LORDH3068 is goodH2896 unto them that waitH6960[H8802] for him, to the soulH5315 that seekethH1875 himH8799.
[26]It is goodH2896 that a man should both hopeH3175[H8675][H2342][H8799] and quietly waitH1748 for the salvationH8668 of the LORDH3068.
[27]It is goodH2896 for a manH1397 that he bearH5375[H8799] the yokeH5923 in his youthH5271.
[28]He sittethH3427[H8799] aloneH910 and keepeth silenceH1826[H8799], because he hath borneH5190 it upon himH8804.
[29]He puttethH5414[H8799] his mouthH6310 in the dustH6083; if so be there may beH3426 hopeH8615.
[30]He givethH5414[H8799] his cheekH3895 to him that smitethH5221[H8688] him: he is filled fullH7646[H8799] with reproachH2781.
[31]For the LordH136 will not cast offH2186[H8799] for everH5769:
[32]But though he cause griefH3013[H8689], yet will he have compassionH7355[H8765] according to the multitudeH7230 of his merciesH2617.
[33]For he doth not afflictH6031[H8765] willinglyH3820 nor grieveH3013[H8762] the childrenH1121 of menH376.
[34]To crushH1792[H8763] under his feetH7272 all the prisonersH615 of the earthH776,
[35]To turn asideH5186[H8687] the rightH4941 of a manH1397 before the faceH6440 of the most HighH5945,
[36]To subvertH5791[H8763] a manH120 in his causeH7379, the LordH136 approvethH7200 notH8804.
[37]Who is he that saithH559[H8804], and it cometh to pass, when the LordH136 commandethH6680 it notH8765?
[38]Out of the mouthH6310 of the most HighH5945 proceedethH3318[H8799] not evilH7451 and goodH2896?
[39]Wherefore doth a livingH2416 manH120 complainH596[H8691], a manH1397 for the punishment of his sinsH2399?
[40]Let us searchH2664[H8799] and tryH2713[H8799] our waysH1870, and turn againH7725[H8799] to the LORDH3068.
[41]Let us lift upH5375[H8799] our heartH3824 with our handsH3709 unto GodH410 in the heavensH8064.
[42]WeH5168 have transgressedH6586[H8804] and have rebelledH4784[H8804]: thou hast not pardonedH5545.[H8804]
[43]Thou hast coveredH5526[H8804] with angerH639, and persecutedH7291[H8799] us: thou hast slainH2026[H8804], thou hast not pitiedH2550.[H8804]
[44]Thou hast coveredH5526[H8804] thyself with a cloudH6051, that our prayerH8605 should not pass throughH5674.[H8800]
[45]Thou hast madeH7760[H8799] us as the offscouringH5501 and refuseH3973 in the midstH7130 of the peopleH5971.
[46]All our enemiesH341[H8802] have openedH6475[H8804] their mouths against usH6310.
[47]FearH6343 and a snareH6354 is come upon us, desolationH7612 and destructionH7667.
[48]Mine eyeH5869 runneth downH3381[H8799] with riversH6388 of waterH4325 for the destructionH7667 of the daughterH1323 of my peopleH5971.
[49]Mine eyeH5869 trickleth downH5064[H8738], and ceasethH1820[H8799] not, without any intermissionH2014,
[50]Till the LORDH3068 look downH8259[H8686], and beholdH7200[H8799] from heavenH8064.
[51]Mine eyeH5869 affectethH5953[H8782] mine heartH5315 because of all the daughtersH1323 of my cityH5892.
[52]Mine enemiesH341[H8802] chasedH6679[H8804] me soreH6679[H8800], like a birdH6833, without causeH2600.
[53]They have cut offH6789[H8804] my lifeH2416 in the dungeonH953, and castH3034[H8762] a stone upon meH68.
[54]WatersH4325 flowed overH6687[H8804] mine headH7218; then I saidH559[H8804], I am cut offH1504.[H8738]
[55]I calledH7121[H8804] upon thy nameH8034, O LORDH3068, out of the lowH8482 dungeonH953.
[56]Thou hast heardH8085[H8804] my voiceH6963: hideH5956[H8686] not thine earH241 at my breathingH7309, at my cryH7775.
[57]Thou drewest nearH7126[H8804] in the dayH3117 that I calledH7121[H8799] upon thee: thou saidstH559[H8804], FearH3372 notH8799.
[58]O LordH136, thou hast pleadedH7378[H8804] the causesH7379 of my soulH5315; thou hast redeemedH1350[H8804] my lifeH2416.
[59]O LORDH3068, thou hast seenH7200[H8804] my wrongH5792: judgeH8199[H8798] thou my causeH4941.
[60]Thou hast seenH7200[H8804] all their vengeanceH5360 and all their imaginations against meH4284.
[61]Thou hast heardH8085[H8804] their reproachH2781, O LORDH3068, and all their imaginations against meH4284;
[62]The lipsH8193 of those that rose upH6965[H8801] against me, and their deviceH1902 against me all the dayH3117.
[63]BeholdH5027[H8685] their sitting downH3427[H8800], and their rising upH7012; I am their musickH4485.
[64]RenderH7725[H8686] unto them a recompenceH1576, O LORDH3068, according to the workH4639 of their handsH3027.
[65]GiveH5414[H8799] them sorrowH4044 of heartH3820, thy curse unto themH8381.
[66]PersecuteH7291[H8799] and destroyH8045[H8686] them in angerH639 from under the heavensH8064 of the LORDH3068.
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