1The prophet bewaileth his own calamities: 22he acknowledgeth God's mercies and truth to be a proper ground of patient hope: 37he maketh humble confession of the sins which had drawn down God's severe judgments: 55he prayeth to be avenged of his enemies.
1I AM the man athat hath seen affliction bby the rod of his wrath.
a Je. 15.10,17,18; 20.7-10,18; 26.8-16; 36.26; 37.15; 38.6. b Ps. 2.9.
2He hath led me, and cbrought me into ddarkness, but not into light.
c Is. 5.30. d Je. 13.16. Am. 5.20. Is. 59.9,11. v.53,55. ch. 2.1.
3Surely eagainst me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.
e Is. 63.10; 1.25. Ps. 38.1,2,6; 88.7,16. ch. 2.1-7.
4fMy flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
f Job 16.8. Ps. 31.10; 32.3; 51.8. Is. 38.13. Je. 50.17. v.11.
5gHe hath builded against me, and *compassed me with gall and *travail.
*compassed-surrounded.
*travail-labour, distress.
g v.7,9. Is. 29.3. Job 19.12.
6hHe hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
h v.2,53,54. Ps. 88.5,6; 143.3.
7iHe hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my jchain heavy.
i v.5,9. Job 19.8; 3.23. Ho. 2.6. Ps. 88.8. j Is. 49.24,25. ch. 5.5,14. Da. 9.12. ch. 1.14.
8Also kwhen I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
k v.44. Job 19.7; 30.20. Hab. 1.2. Ps. 80.4; 22.2.
9lHe hath *inclosed my ways with *hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
*inclosed-enclosed, surrounded.
*hewn-shaped by cutting or chopping.
l v.5,7,11. Ps. 88.8. Le. 26.27,28.
10mHe was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
m Job 10.16. Is. 38.13. Ho. 5.14; 6.1; 13.7,8.
11nHe hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
n Ho. 6.1. Je. 21.4-7; 9.11; 15.2-4. 2Ch. 36.16,17.
12oHe hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
o Job 16.12,13; 7.20; 6.4. Ps. 38.2. Mi. 7.9.
13pHe hath caused the 1arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
1Heb. sons.
p Job 6.4.
14qI was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.
q Je. 20.7-10. Ps. 44.13; 79.4. 1Co. 4.9. Job 30.9. Ps. 69.12,20. v.63.
15He hath filled me with 2bitterness, rhe hath made me drunken with *wormwood.
2Heb. bitternesses.
*wormwood-bitter, oil-yielding plant.
r Job 9.19. v.19. Is. 51.17-22. Je. 25.15,16,18,27; 9.15. Ps. 60.3; 75.8.
16He hath also sbroken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath 3covered me with ashes.
3Or, rolled me in the.
s Pr. 20.17. Mat. 7.9. Ps. 102.9. Job 6.7. Mi. 7.8-10.
17And tthou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I uforgat 4prosperity.
4Heb. good.
t Ru. 1.20,21. ch. 1.16; 2.2,17,22. u Ge. 41.30. Is. 65.16. Pr. 31.7.
18And I said, vMy strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:
v Ps. 31.22; 116.11. Eze. 37.11.
195Remembering wmine affliction and my misery, the *wormwood and the gall.
5Or, Remember.
*wormwood-bitter, oil-yielding plant.
w ch. 1.7. Je. 9.15. Da. 9.12.
20My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is 6humbled in me.
6Heb. bowed.
21xThis I 7recall to my mind, 8therefore yhave I hope.
7Heb. make to return to my heart.
8Or, nevertheless, v.24.
x v.22-36. Ps. 130.7,8; 131.3. Hab. 2.3. y Ps. 77.5.
22¶zIt is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
z Ge. 32.10. Ps. 57.10; 100.4; 103.17; 107; 136. Is. 1.9; 33.2. Ezr. 9.8,9,15. Mal. 3.6. Zep. 3.5. Job 7.17,18. Ne. 9.31.
23They are anew every morning: great is thy bfaithfulness.
a Zep. 3.5. Ps. 136; 107. Job 7.18. b Ps. 36.5; 89.1,2. He. 10.23; 6.14-18. 1Th. 5.24. Tit. 1.2.
24The LORD is cmy portion, saith my soul; therefore will I dhope in him.
c Ps. 16.5; 73.26; 119.57. Je. 10.16. d Ps. 130.7.
25eThe LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
e Ps. 40.1-5; 73.1; 103.17; 84.11,12; 130.6. Mat. 7.7-11. Is. 40.31; 30.18. Mi. 7.7-9.
26fIt is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
f Ps. 130.5-8; 37.1-7; 119.165,174. Ge. 49.18.
27gIt is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
g Mat. 11.29,30. Ps. 94.12; 119.71. He. 12.5-12. Re. 3.19. Job 33.19-29.
28hHe sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
h Je. 15.17. Ps. 102.7; 39.9. ch. 2.10.
29iHe putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
i Job 40.4; 42.5,6. Joel 2.14. Zep. 2.3.
30jHe giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
j Is. 50.6. Mi. 5.1. Mat. 5.39; 26.67. Je. 20.7-10.
31kFor the Lord will not cast off for ever:
k 1Sa. 12.22. Ps. 94.14. Is. 54.7-10; 57.15-18. Mi. 7.8,9,18,19. Je. 31.20.
32But though lhe cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
l Ps. 30.5.
33mFor he doth not afflict 9willingly nor grieve the children of men.
9Heb. from his heart.
m Eze. 18.32; 33.11. Ho. 11.8. Je. 31.20. He. 12.9,10.
34nTo crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
n Je. 50.17,33,34; 51.33-36.
35oTo turn aside the right of a man before the face of 10the most High,
10Or, a superior.
o Zec. 1.15,16. Pr. 18.5; 17.15. Ps. 12.5. De. 32.36,40-43.
36To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord 11approveth not.
11Or, seeth not.
37¶pWho is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
p Ps. 33.9. Pr. 16.9. Ja. 4.13,15.
38qOut of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
q Job 1.21; 2.10. Ps. 75.7. Is. 45.7. Am. 3.6.
39Wherefore doth a living man 12complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
12Or, murmur, Pr. 19.3. Re. 16.9,11. 1Co. 10.10. Jude 16. Mi. 7.9.
40rLet us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
r Ps. 4.4; 119.59. Zep. 2.1. Hag. 1.5,7. 1Co. 11.28. 2Co. 13.5.
41sLet us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
s Ps. 25.1; 86.4; 143.8; 28.2; 63.4; 141.2; 119.48.
42tWe have transgressed and have rebelled: uthou hast not pardoned.
t Ne. 9.26. Da. 9.5. u Je. 5.7,9,29; 15.4. 2Ki. 24.4.
43vThou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
v ch. 2.1,2,17,21. Eze. 5-7; 9. 2Ch. 36.16,17.
44Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, wthat our prayer should not pass through.
w v.8. Ps. 88.13,14; 80.4; 22.2.
45Thou hast made us as the xoffscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.
x 1Co. 4.13. ch. 1.17; 2.15. v.14.
46All our enemies yhave opened their mouths against us.
y ch. 2.16,17; 4.16,17. Ps. 79.4; 44.13,14; 89.41,50.
47zFear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
z Is. 24.17,18. Je. 48.43,44. Is. 51.19. Am. 9.1-4. Eze. 5-7. ch. 1; 2.
48aMine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
a ch. 1.16; 2.11,18. Ps. 119.136; 77.2. Je. 9.1; 14.17; 4.19.
49Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
50bTill the LORD look down, and behold from heaven.
b ch. 1.12,20; 2.20; 5.1,21. Is. 63.15; 64.1. Ps. 102.13-20; 123.2. Lu. 18.1-8. Is. 62.1,6,7.
51Mine eye affecteth 13mine heart 14because of call the daughters of my city.
13Heb. my soul.
14Or, more than.
c v.48. Je. 9.1.
52dMine enemies chased me *sore, elike a bird, fwithout cause.
*sore-greatly, exceedingly.
d Je. 37.16; 38.6; 50.7,17. e Ps. 11.1. f Ps. 35.7,19; 69.4; 109.3; 119.161. Jn. 15.25.
53gThey have cut off my life in the dungeon, and hcast a stone upon me.
g v.6. Je. 37.16,20; 38.6,9,10. Mat. 27.66. h Job 12.14. Da. 6.17.
54iWaters flowed over mine head; jthen I said, I am cut off.
i Ps. 69.1,2; 124.4-8; 18.4,5,16. j Ps. 31.22; 88.5. Is. 38.10,11. Eze. 37.11. v.18. Jonah 2.3,4,7.
55¶kI called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
k Ps. 130.1; 40.1; 18.4-21; 116.1-6; 142.4,5. v.53. Jonah 2.2,3.
56lThou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my mbreathing, at my cry.
l Ps. 6.9; 18.6; 34.6; 116.1,2. Is. 37.17. Ps. 31.2. Da. 9.18. m Ro. 8.26. Ja. 5.16. Ps. 130.1,2; 143.4,7. Ex. 8.15.
57nThou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, oFear not.
n Ja. 4.8. Ps. 102.2. Is. 58.9; 65.24. o Re. 1.17,18. Is. 41.10,14; 43.1,2.
58O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou phast redeemed my life.
p Ps. 35.1-4; 43.1,2. Je. 1.8; 15.11,20,21; 51.36.
59O LORD, thou hast seen qmy wrong: rjudge thou my cause.
q Je. 11.19,21; 15.10; 18.18,23; 20.7-10; 26; 36. r Ps. 9.4; 43.1; 26.1; 35.1,23.
60Thou hast seen sall their vengeance and all their imaginations against me.
s Je. 1.18; 11.19-21; 15.10; 18.18,23; 20.7-10; 26; 36-38. Is. 37.4. Ps. 44.10-16.
61Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their imaginations against me;
62The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.
63Behold their tsitting down, and their rising up; I am utheir musick.
t Ps. 139.2. De. 6.7. u v.14. Job 30.9. Ps. 35.15,16; 69.12; 44.14.
64¶vRender unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
v Ps. 28.4. Je. 5.29; 11.20; 17.18; 18.18-23; 50.29; 51.24. 2Ti. 4.14.
65wGive them 15sorrow of heart, thy xcurse unto them.
15Or, obstinacy.
w Je. 11.20. 2Ti. 4.14. x De. 27.15-26; 28.16-18. Is. 24.6; 43.28; 34.6. Je. 50; 51.
66yPersecute and destroy them in anger from zunder the heavens of the LORD.
y Je. 17.18; 18.20-23. Ps. 137.8,9. Is. 13; 14; 21; 47. Je. 50; 51. z Je. 10.11. Ps. 8.3; 115.16. Is. 66.1. De. 25.19.