1 ¶ Aleph I am a man that sees affliction in the rod of his wrath.

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

2 A leph He has led me and brought me into darkness, but not into light.

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

3 A leph Surely he is turned against me; he turns his hand against me all the day.

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

4 B eth My flesh and my skin he has made old; he has broken my bones.

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

5 B eth He has built against me and compassed me with gall and travail.

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

6 B eth He has set me in dark places as those that are dead for ever.

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

7 G imel He has hedged me about that I cannot get out; he has made my chain heavy.

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

8 G imel Even when I cried and shouted, he shut out my prayer.

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

9 G imel He has enclosed my ways with hewn stone; he has made my paths crooked.

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

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

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

11 D aleth He has made my ways crooked and pulled me in pieces; he has made me desolate.

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

12 D aleth He has bent his bow and set me as a mark for the arrow.

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

13 H e He has caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my kidneys.

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

14 H e I was a derision to all my people and their song every day.

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

15 H e He has filled me with bitterness, he has made me drunk with wormwood.

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

16 V au He has broken my teeth with gravel stones; he has covered me with ashes.

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

17 V au My soul removed itself far from peace; I forgot about good.

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

18 V au And I said, My strength and my hope of the LORD is perished.

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

19 Z ain Remember my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.

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

20 Z ain My soul shall have them still in remembrance because it is humbled in me.

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

21 ¶ Zain This shall go down into my heart; therefore I shall wait.

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

22 C het It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed because his mercies never diminish.

It is of the Lord 's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

23 C het They are new every morning; great is thy faith.

They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

24 C het The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore I will wait for him.

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

25 T eth The LORD is good unto those that wait in him, to the soul that seeks him.

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

26 T eth It is good to wait quietly in the salvation of the LORD.

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

27 T eth It is good for the man if he bears the yoke from his youth.

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

28 J od He shall sit alone and keep silence because he has borne it upon him.

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

29 J od He shall put his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.

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

30 J od He shall turn his cheek unto him that smites him; he shall be filled with reproach.

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

31 C aph For the Lord will not cast off for ever:

For the Lord will not cast off for ever:

32 C aph But though he causes grief, yet he will also have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.

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

33 C aph For he does not afflict nor grieve the sons of men from his heart.

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

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

To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth.

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

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

36 L amed To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord does not approve.

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

37 ¶ Mem Who shall he be that saith that something comes which the Lord has not sent?

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

38 M em Out of the mouth of the most High proceeds not evil and good?

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

39 M em Why does the living man have pain, the man in his sins?

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

40 N un Let us search out our ways, and seek, and turn again to the LORD.

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

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

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

42 ¶ Nun We have rebelled and been disloyal; therefore thou hast not forgiven.

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

43 S amech Thou hast unfurled anger and persecuted us; thou hast slain, thou hast not forgiven.

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

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

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

45 S amech Thou hast made us as the offscouring and abomination in the midst of the peoples.

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

46 P e All our enemies have opened their mouths upon us.

All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.

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

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

48 P e My eyes stream with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

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

49 A in My eyes run down, and cease not, for there is no relief,

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

50 A in Until the LORD looks down, and beholds from the heavens.

Till the Lord look down, and behold from heaven.

51 A in My eyes make my soul sad because of all the daughters of my city.

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

52 T zaddi My enemies hunted me like a bird, without cause.

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

53 T zaddi They bound up my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.

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

54 T zaddi Waters flowed over my head; then I said, I am dead.

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

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

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

56 K oph Thou hast heard my voice; do not hide thine ear at my cry that I might breath.

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

57 K oph Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee; thou didst say, Fear not.

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

58 R esh O Lord, thou hast pleaded the cause of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.

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

59 R esh O LORD, thou hast seen where I was wrong; plead thou my cause.

O Lord, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.

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

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

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

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

62 S chin The words of those that rose up against me, and their design against me all the day.

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

63 S chin Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their music.

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

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

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

65 T au Give them sorrow of heart; thy curse unto them.

Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.

66 T au Persecute them in thy anger and cut them off from under the heavens, oh LORD.

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