22 Thou hast called, as in the day of a solemn assembly, 'my terrors on every side, 1 See Jer. vi. And there was none that escaped or remained 25. Those that I have dandled and brought up hath 3 I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. 2 He hath led me and caused me to walk in darkness and not in light. 3 Surely against me he turneth his hand again. and again all the day. 2 Or, without light 3 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he 'Or, worn out hath broken my bones. 5 He hath builded against me, and compassed me 4 See Deut. xxix. 18. with 'gall and travail. 6'He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as 5 See Ps. those that have been long dead. 7 He hath fenced me about, that I cannot go forth; he hath made my chain heavy. 8 Yea, when I cry and call for help, he shutteth out my prayer. 9 He hath fenced up my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked. 10 He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places. 11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desol ate. 12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. cxliii. 3. 13 He hath caused the "shafts of his quiver to Heb. sons. enter into my reins. I am become a derision to all my people; and 14 their song all the day. He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath 15 sated me with wormwood. He hath also broken my teeth with gravel 16 stones, he hath covered me with ashes. Or, cast off And thou hast 'removed my soul far off from 17 peace; I forgat prosperity. 2 Or, wandering Or, outcast state 3 Or, He sitteth alone &c. (vv. 28-30) And I said, My strength is perished, and mine 18 expectation from the LORD. Remember mine affliction and my misery, the 19 wormwood and the gall. My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is 20 bowed down within me. This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. 2 21 It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not 22 consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is thy 23 faithfulness. The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; 24 therefore will I hope in him. The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, 25 to the soul that seeketh him. It is good that a man should hope and quietly 26 wait for the salvation of the LORD. It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in 27 his youth. 'Let him sit alone and keep silence, because he 28 hath laid it him. upon Let him put his mouth in the dust; if so be 29 there may be hope. Let him give his cheek to him that smiteth 30 him; let him be filled full with reproach. 31 For the Lord will not cast off for ever. 32 For though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. his heart. 33 For he doth not afflict 'willingly, nor grieve Heb. from the children of men. 34 To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth, 35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High, not. 36 To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord ap- 2 Heb. seeth proveth not. 37 Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not? 38 Out of the mouth of the Most High cometh there not evil and good? that is in his 39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man 3 Or, a man for the punishment of his sins? 40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD. 41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens. +2 We have transgressed and have rebelled; thou hast not pardoned. sins 4 43 Thou hast 'covered with anger and pursued us; Or, covered thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied. 44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through. 45 Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the peoples. 46 All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us. thyself 1 Or, tumult Fear and the pit are come upon us, 'devastation 47 and destruction. Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water, for 48 the destruction of the daughter of my people. Mine eye poureth down, and ceaseth not, 49 without any intermission, Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven. 50 Mine eye affecteth my soul, because of all the 51 daughters of my city. They have chased me sore like a bird, that are 52 mine enemies without cause. They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and 53 have cast a stone upon me. Waters flowed over mine head; I said, I am 54 cut off. I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the 55 lowest dungeon. Thou heardest my voice; hide not thine ear at 56 my breathing, at my cry. Thou drewest near in the day that I called 57 upon thee thou saidst, Fear not. O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my 58 soul; thou hast redeemed my life. O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong; judge thou 59 my cause. Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all 60 their devices against me. Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and 61 all their devices against me; The lips of those that rose up against me, and 62 their imagination against me all the day. Behold thou their sitting down, and their 63 rising up; I am their song. 64 Thou wilt render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their 65 Thou wilt give them 'hardness of heart, thy 10, blindness curse unto them. 66 Thou wilt pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of the Lord. 41 How is the gold become dim! how is the most pure gold changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the top of every street. Heb. covering. 2 The precious sons of Zion, 'comparable to fine Heb. that gold, How are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter! 3 Even the jackals draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: The daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness. 4 The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the root of his mouth for thirst: The young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them. 5 They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: They that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills. is 6 For the iniquity of the daughter of my people Her 'nobles were purer than snow, they were They were more ruddy in body than 'rubies, their polishing was as of sapphire: 8 Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: 3 may be weighed against. Or, the punishment of the iniquity Or, the punishment of the sin 5 Or, fell See 2 Sam. iii. 29. Or, Nazirites 7 Or, corals darker than 8 Heb. blackness. |