1 I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.

<>hath seen affliction, <>his wrath

2 He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.

3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.

4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.

5 He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.

<>gall

6 He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.

<>dead

7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.

8 Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.

<>v. 8

9 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.

<>my ways, <>hewn, <>he hath made my paths crooked

10 He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.

<>secret places

11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.

12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

13 He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.

<>v. 13

14 I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.

<>I was … their song

15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.

<>drunken, <>wormwood

16 He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.

17 And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.

<>thou hast removed my soul far off from peace, <>peace, <>prosperity

18 And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:

<>v. 18, <>hope

19 Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.

<>vv. 19-21

20 My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.

<>vv. 19-21

21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.

<>vv. 19-21

22 It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

<>vv. 22-23, <>It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, <>the LORD'S mercies

23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

<>vv. 22-23

24 The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

<>The LORD is my portion, <>The LORD … I hope in him.

25 The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.

<>The LORD is good, <>The LORD … wait for him, <>The LORD is good … to the soul that seeketh him., <>The LORD … the soul that seeketh him, <>unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him

26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.

<>v. 26, <>salvation

27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

<>v. 27, <>his youth

28 He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.

29 He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.

<>v. 29

30 He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.

<>He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him

31 For the Lord will not cast off for ever:

32 But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.

<>though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion

33 For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.

<>children

34 To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,

35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,

<>vv. 35-36, <>v. 35

36 To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.

<>vv. 35-36, <>v. 36

37 Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?

<>v. 37

38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?

<>v. 38

39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?

<>v. 39

40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.

<>v. 40, <>Let us search and try our ways, <>turn again to the LORD

41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.

<>Let us lift up … our hands unto God, <>Let us lift up our … hands unto God

42 We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.

<>We … have rebelled, <>transgressed, <>thou hast not pardoned

43 Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.

<>persecuted

44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.

<>v. 44, <>Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud

45 Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.

46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.

47 Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.

48 Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

<>vv. 48-49

49 Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,

<>vv. 48-49

50 Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven.

51 Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.

<>Mine eye affecteth mine heart, <>city

52 Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.

<>Mine enemies chased me sore … without cause.

53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.

54 Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.

55 I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.

<>I called upon thy name, O LORD

56 Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.

<>Thou hast heard my voice, <>hide not thine ear … at my cry

57 Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.

<>Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee

58 O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.

<>O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul, <>thou hast redeemed my life, <>redeemed

59 O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.

<>my cause

60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me.

<>their imaginations

61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their imaginations against me;

62 The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.

<>their device, <>device

63 Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.

<>Behold their sitting down, and their rising up, <>I am their musick.

64 Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.

65 Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.

66 Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD.

<>the heavens of the LORD