1
kJer. 20:18 I am the man who has seen affliction
under thelPs. 2:9 rod of his wrath;
2 he has driven and brought me
mIsa. 5:30 into darkness without any light;
3 surely against me he turns his hand
again and again the whole day long.
4 He has made my flesh and my skin waste away;
nPs. 51:8; Isa. 38:13; Jer. 50:17 he has broken my bones;
5 o[Job 19:12] he has besieged and enveloped me
withpver. 19; Deut. 29:18 bitterness and tribulation;
6 qPs. 143:3 he has made me dwell in darkness
like the dead of long ago.
7 rJob 19:8 He has walled me about so thatsPs. 88:8 I cannot escape;
he has made my chains heavy;
8 thoughtJob 19:7; 30:20; Ps. 22:2 I call and cry for help,
he shuts out my prayer;
9 r[See ver. 7 above] he has blocked my ways with blocks of stones;
he has made my paths crooked.
10 uSee Hos. 13:8 He is a bear lying in wait for me,
a lion in hiding;
11 v[Jer. 18:15] he turned aside my steps andu[See ver. 10 above] tore me to pieces;
wch. 1:13 he has made me desolate;
12 xch. 2:4 he bent his bowy[Job 16:12] and set me
as a target for his arrow.
13 He drove into my kidneys
zJob 6:4; Ps. 38:2 the arrows of his quiver;
14 aSee Jer. 20:7 I have become the laughingstock of all peoples,
bver. 63; Job 30:9; Ps. 69:12 the object of their taunts all day long.
15 c[Isa. 51:17, 21] He has filled me with bitterness;
he has sated me withdJer. 9:15 wormwood.
16 e[Prov. 20:17] He has made my teeth grind on gravel,
andfSee Jer. 6:26 made me cower in ashes;
17 my soul is bereft of peace;
I have forgotten what happiness is;
18 g[Ps. 9:18] so I say, “My endurance has perished;
so has my hope from the Lord. ”
19 h[ch. 1:9, 11, 20] Remember my affliction and my wanderings,
d[See ver. 15 above] the wormwood andiver. 5 the gall!
20 My soul continually remembers it
jPs. 42:6; 44:25 and is bowed down within me.
21 But this I call to mind,
andk[Ps. 42:5, 11] therefore I have hope:
22 l[Mal. 3:6] The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;
l[Mal. 3:6] his mercies never come to an end;
23 they are newmJob 7:18 every morning;
nPs. 36:5 great is your faithfulness.
24 oPs. 16:5; 73:26 “The Lord is my portion, ” says my soul,
k[See ver. 21 above] “therefore I will hope in him. ”
25 The Lord is good to those whopPs. 130:6; [Isa. 30:18] wait for him,
to the soul who seeks him.
26 qPs. 130:5, 7; Mic. 7:7 It is good that one should wait quietly
for the salvation of the Lord.
27 r[Matt. 11:29] It is good for a man that he bear
the yokes[Eccles. 12:1] in his youth.
28 Let himtch. 1:1; 2:10; Isa. 3:26 sit alone in silence
when it is laid on him;
29 uJob 42:6 let him put his mouth in the dust—
there may yet be hope;
30 vIsa. 50:6; Matt. 5:39 let him give his cheek to the one who strikes,
and let him be filled with insults.
31 wPs. 103:9 For the Lord will not
cast off forever,
32 but, though hexch. 1:5 cause grief,yPs. 103:8 he will have compassion
zPs. 106:45 according to the abundance of his steadfast love;
33 a[Heb. 12:6, 10] for he does not willingly afflict
orb[Heb. 12:11] grieve the children of men.
34 To crush underfoot
allc[Ps. 107:10] the prisoners of the earth,
35 d[Hab. 1:13] to deny a man justice
in the presence of the Most High,
36 to subvert a man in his lawsuit,
d[See ver. 35 above] the Lord does not approve.
37 e[Ps. 33:9] Who has spoken and it came to pass,
unless the Lord has commanded it?
38 fIsa. 45:7; Amos 3:6 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
that good and bad come?
39 gProv. 19:3 Why should a living man complain,
a man, about the punishment of his sins?
40 Let us test and examine our ways,
hJoel 2:12, 13 and return to the Lord!
41 iPs. 25:1; 119:48 Let us lift up our hearts and hands
to God in heaven:
42 jSee Dan. 9:5 “We have transgressed andkPs. 78:17 rebelled,
and you have not forgiven.
43 You have wrapped yourself with anger and pursued us,
lch. 2:2, 17, 21 killing without pity;
44 mver. 8; [ch. 2:1] you have wrapped yourself with a cloud
so that no prayer can pass through.
45 n[1 Cor. 4:13] You have made us scum and garbage
among the peoples.
46 och. 2:16, 17 All our enemies
open their mouths against us;
47 pIsa. 24:17; Jer. 48:43 panic and pitfall have come upon us,
devastation andqIsa. 51:19 destruction;
48 rch. 1:16; See Jer. 13:17 my eyes flow with rivers of tears
because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
49 r[See ver. 48 above] My eyes will flow without ceasing,
without respite,
50 sPs. 14:2; Isa. 63:15 until the Lord from heaven
looks down and sees;
51 my eyes cause me grief
at the fate of all the daughters of my city.
52 tch. 4:18 I have been hunteduPs. 11:1 like a bird
by those who were my enemiesvSee Ps. 35:19 without cause;
53 wJer. 37:16; 38:6, 9, 10 they flung me alive into the pit
x[Dan. 6:17] and cast stones on me;
54 yPs. 69:2 water closed over my head;
I said,zPs. 88:5; [Ezek. 37:11] ‘I am lost. ’
55 aPs. 130:1 I called on your name, O Lord,
from the depths of the pit;
56 b[Ps. 130:2] you heard my plea, ‘Do not close
your ear to my cry for help! ’
57 c[James 4:8] You came near when I called on you;
you said,dSee Josh. 1:9 ‘Do not fear! ’
58 You haveePs. 119:154 taken up my cause,f[1 Sam. 24:15] O Lord;
you haveePs. 119:154 redeemed my life.
59 You have seen the wrong done to me,gPs. 35:22, 23 O Lord;
judge my cause.
60 You have seen all their vengeance,
allhSee Jer. 11:19 their plots against me.
61 ich. 5:1 You have heard their taunts, O Lord,
allh[See ver. 60 above] their plots against me.
62 The lips and thoughtsjPs. 18:39, 48 of my assailants
are against me all the day long.
63 k[Ps. 139:2] Behold their sitting and their rising;
lSee ver. 14 I am the object of their taunts.
64 mSee Jer. 11:20 You will repay them,1Or Repay them O Lord,
nPs. 28:4; [2 Tim. 4:14] according to the work of their hands.
65 You will give them1Or Give them dullness of heart;
your curse will be2Or Place your curse on them.
66 You will pursue them1Or Pursue them in anger ando[Deut. 25:19; Jer. 10:11] destroy them
from underpPs. 8:3 your heavens, O Lord. ”