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CHAPTER 3

1
I
am the man
who has seen
affliction
under the rod
of God’s wrath.
2
He has driven me away
and made me walk
in darkness
instead of
light.
3
Indeed,
He keeps turning
His hand
against me all day long.
4
He has worn away
my flesh
and skin;
He has shattered
my bones.
5
He has besieged
me
and surrounded me
with bitterness
and hardship.
6
He has made me dwell
in darkness
like those dead
for ages.
7
He has walled me in
so I cannot
escape;
He has weighed me down
with chains.
8
Even
when
I cry out
and plead for help,
He shuts out
my prayer.
9
He has barred
my ways
with cut stones;
He has made my paths
crooked.
10
He
is a bear
lying in wait,
a lion
in hiding.
11
He forced me off
my path
and tore me to pieces;
He left me
without help.
12
He bent
His bow
and set me
as the target
for His arrow.
13
He pierced
my kidneys
with His arrows.
14
I am
a laughingstock
to all
my people;
they mock me in song
all day long.
15
He has filled
me with bitterness;
He has intoxicated me
with wormwood.
16
He has ground
my teeth
with gravel
and trampled me
in the dust.
17
My soul
has been deprived
of peace;
I have forgotten
what prosperity is.
18
So I say,
“My strength
has perished
along with my hope
from the LORD.”
19
Remember
my affliction
and wandering,
the wormwood
and the gall.
20
Surely
my soul
remembers
and is humbled
within me.
21
Yet I call
this
to
mind,
and therefore
I have hope:
22
Because of
the LORD’s
loving devotion
we are not
consumed,
for
His compassions
never
fail.
23
They are new every morning;
great
is Your faithfulness!
24
“The LORD
is my portion,”
says
my soul,
“therefore
I will hope
in Him.”
25
The LORD
is good
to those who wait for Him,
to the soul
who seeks Him.
26
It is good
to wait
quietly
for the salvation
of the LORD.
27
It is good
for a man
to bear
the yoke
while he is still young.
28
Let him sit
alone
in silence,
for
God has disciplined
him.
29
Let him bury
his face
in the dust—
perhaps
there is
still hope.
30
Let him offer
his cheek
to the one who would strike him;
let him be filled
with reproach.
31
For
the Lord
will not
cast us off
forever.
32
Even
if
He causes grief,
He will show compassion
according to His abundant
loving devotion.
33
For
He does not
willingly
afflict
or grieve
the sons
of men.
34
To crush
underfoot
all
the prisoners
of the land,
35
to deny
a man
justice
before
the Most High,
36
to subvert
a man
in his lawsuit—
of these the Lord
does not
approve.
37
Who
has spoken
and it came to pass,
unless
the Lord
has ordained it?
38
Do not
both adversity
and good
come
from the mouth
of the Most High?
39
Why
should any mortal
man
complain,
in view of
his
sins?
40
Let us examine
and test
our ways,
and turn back
to
the LORD.
41
Let us lift up
our hearts
and hands
to
God
in heaven:
42
“We
have sinned
and rebelled;
You
have not
forgiven.”
43
You have covered
Yourself in anger
and pursued us;
You have killed
without
pity.
44
You have covered Yourself
with a cloud
that no prayer
can pass through.
45
You have made us
scum
and refuse
among
the nations.
46
All
our enemies
open
their mouths
against us.
47
Panic
and pitfall
have come upon us—
devastation
and destruction.
48
Streams
of tears
flow
from my eyes
over
the destruction
of the daughter
of my people.
49
My eyes
overflow
unceasingly,
without
relief,
50
until
the LORD
looks down
from heaven
and sees.
51
My eyes
bring grief
to my soul
because of all
the daughters
of my city.
52
Without cause
my enemies
hunted
me like a bird.
53
They dropped
me alive
into a pit
and cast
stones
at me.
54
The waters
flowed
over
my head,
and I thought
I was going to die.
55
I called on
Your name,
O LORD,
out of the depths
of the Pit.
56
You heard
my plea:
“Do not
ignore
my cry
for relief.”
57
You drew near
when
I called on You;
You said,
“Do not
be afraid.”
58
You defend
my
cause,
O Lord;
You redeem
my life.
59
You have seen,
O LORD,
the wrong done to me;
uphold
my cause.
60
You see
all
their malice,
all
their plots against me.
61
O LORD,
You have heard
their insults,
all
their plots
against me—
62
the slander
and murmuring
of my opponents
against me
all day long.
63
When they sit
and when they rise,
see how
they mock me in song.
64
You will pay them back
what they deserve,
O LORD,
according to the work
of their hands.
65
You will give
them
hardness
of heart;
may Your curse be
upon them!
66
You will pursue them
in anger
and exterminate them
from under
the heavens
of the LORD.
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