| 1 | I [am] the man [who] hath seen affliction By the rod of His wrath. |
| 2 | Me He hath led, and causeth to go [in] darkness, and without light. |
| 3 | Surely against me He turneth back, He turneth His hand all the day. |
| 4 | He hath worn out my flesh and my skin. He hath broken my bones. |
| 5 | He hath built up against me, And setteth round poverty and weariness. |
| 6 | In dark places He hath caused me to dwell, As the dead of old. |
| 7 | He hath hedged me about, and I go not out, He hath made heavy my fetter. |
| 8 | Also when I call and cry out, He hath shut out my prayer. |
| 9 | He hath hedged my ways with hewn work, My paths He hath made crooked. |
| 10 | A bear lying in wait He [is] to me, A lion in secret hiding-places. |
| 11 | My ways He is turning aside, and He pulleth me in pieces, He hath made me a desolation. |
| 12 | He hath trodden His bow, And setteth me up as a mark for an arrow. |
| 13 | He hath caused to enter into my reins The sons of His quiver. |
| 14 | I have been a derision to all my people, Their song all the day. |
| 15 | He hath filled me with bitter things, He hath filled me [with] wormwood. |
| 16 | And He breaketh with gravel my teeth, He hath covered me with ashes. |
| 17 | And Thou castest off from peace my soul, I have forgotten prosperity. |
| 18 | And I say, Perished hath my strength and my hope from Jehovah. |
| 19 | Remember my affliction and my mourning, Wormwood and gall! |
| 20 | Remember well, and bow down doth my soul in me. |
| 21 | This I turn to my heart—therefore I hope. |
| 22 | The kindnesses of Jehovah! For we have not been consumed, For not ended have His mercies. |
| 23 | New every morning, abundant [is] thy faithfulness. |
| 24 | My portion [is] Jehovah, hath my soul said, Therefore I hope for Him. |
| 25 | Good [is] Jehovah to those waiting for Him, To the soul [that] seeketh Him. |
| 26 | Good! when one doth stay and stand still For the salvation of Jehovah. |
| 27 | Good for a man that he beareth a yoke in his youth. |
| 28 | He sitteth alone, and is silent, For He hath laid [it] upon him. |
| 29 | He putteth in the dust his mouth, if so be there is hope. |
| 30 | He giveth to his smiter the cheek, He is filled with reproach. |
| 31 | For the Lord doth not cast off to the age. |
| 32 | For though He afflicted, yet He hath pitied, According to the abundance of His kindness. |
| 33 | For He hath not afflicted with His heart, Nor doth He grieve the sons of men. |
| 34 | To bruise under one's feet any bound ones of earth, |
| 35 | To turn aside the judgment of a man, Over-against the face of the Most High, |
| 36 | To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord hath not approved. |
| 37 | Who [is] this—he hath said, and it is, [And] the Lord hath not commanded [it]? |
| 38 | From the mouth of the Most High Go not forth the evils and the good. |
| 39 | What—sigh habitually doth a living man, A man for his sin? |
| 40 | We search our ways, and investigate, And turn back unto Jehovah. |
| 41 | We lift up our heart on the hands unto God in the heavens. |
| 42 | We—we have transgressed and rebelled, Thou—Thou hast not forgiven. |
| 43 | Thou hast covered Thyself with anger, And dost pursue us; Thou hast slain—Thou hast not pitied. |
| 44 | Thou hast covered Thyself with a cloud, So that prayer doth not pass through. |
| 45 | Offscouring and refuse Thou dost make us In the midst of the peoples. |
| 46 | Opened against us their mouth have all our enemies. |
| 47 | Fear and a snare hath been for us, Desolation and destruction. |
| 48 | Rivulets of water go down my eye, For the destruction of the daughter of my people. |
| 49 | Mine eye is poured out, And doth not cease without intermission, |
| 50 | Till Jehovah looketh and seeth from the heavens, |
| 51 | My eye affecteth my soul, Because of all the daughters of my city. |
| 52 | Hunted me sore as a bird have my enemies without cause. |
| 53 | They have cut off in a pit my life, And they cast a stone against me. |
| 54 | Flowed have waters over my head, I have said, I have been cut off. |
| 55 | I called Thy name, O Jehovah, from the lower pit. |
| 56 | My voice Thou hast heard, Hide not Thine ear at my breathing—at my cry. |
| 57 | Thou hast drawn near in the day I call Thee, Thou hast said, Fear not. |
| 58 | Thou hast pleaded, O Lord, the pleadings of my soul, Thou hast redeemed my life. |
| 59 | Thou hast seen, O Jehovah, my overthrow, Judge Thou my cause. |
| 60 | Thou hast seen all their vengeance, All their thoughts of me. |
| 61 | Thou hast heard their reproach, O Jehovah, All their thoughts against me, |
| 62 | The lips of my withstanders, Even their meditation against me all the day. |
| 63 | Their sitting down, and their rising up, Behold attentively, I [am] their song. |
| 64 | Thou returnest to them the deed, O Jehovah, According to the work of their hands. |
| 65 | Thou givest to them a covered heart, Thy curse to them. |
| 66 | Thou pursuest in anger, and destroyest them, From under the heavens of Jehovah! |