1I am the man who has seen affliction…
2He has driven me away and made me…
3Indeed, He keeps turning His hand against me…
4He has worn away my flesh and skin;…
5He has besieged me and surrounded me with…
6He has made me dwell in darkness like…
7He has walled me in so I cannot…
8Even when I cry out and plead for…
9He has barred my ways with cut stones;…
10He is a bear lying in wait, a…
11He forced me off my path and tore…
12He bent His bow and set me as…
13He pierced my kidneys with His arrows.
14I am a laughingstock to all my people;…
15He has filled me with bitterness; He has…
16He has ground my teeth with gravel and…
17My soul has been deprived of peace; I…
18So I say, “My strength has perished, along…
19Remember my affliction and wandering, the wormwood and…
20Surely my soul remembers and is humbled within…
21Yet I call this to mind, and therefore…
22Because of the loving devotion of the LORD…
23They are new every morning; great is Your…
24“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul,…
25The LORD is good to those who wait…
26It is good to wait quietly for the…
27It is good for a man to bear…
28Let him sit alone in silence, for the…
29Let him bury his face in the dust—perhaps…
30Let him offer his cheek to the one…
31For the Lord will not cast us off…
32Even if He causes grief, He will show…
33For He does not willingly afflict or grieve…
34To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the…
35to deny a man justice before the Most…
36to subvert a man in his lawsuit—of these…
37Who has spoken and it came to pass,…
38Do not both adversity and good come from…
39Why should any mortal man complain, in view…
40Let us examine and test our ways, and…
41Let us lift up our hearts and hands…
42“We have sinned and rebelled; You have not…
43You have covered Yourself in anger and pursued…
44You have covered Yourself with a cloud that…
45You have made us scum and refuse among…
46All our enemies open their mouths against us.
47Panic and pitfall have come upon us—devastation and…
48Streams of tears flow from my eyes over…
49My eyes overflow unceasingly, without relief,
50until the LORD looks down from heaven and…
51My eyes bring grief to my soul because…
52Without cause my enemies hunted me like a…
53They dropped me alive into a pit and…
54The waters flowed over my head, and I…
55I called on Your name, O LORD, out…
56You heard my plea: “Do not ignore my…
57You drew near when I called on You;…
58You defend my cause, O Lord; You redeem…
59You have seen, O LORD, the wrong done…
60You have seen all their malice, all their…
61O LORD, You have heard their insults, all…
62the slander and murmuring of my assailants against…
63When they sit and when they rise, see…
64You will pay them back what they deserve,…
65Put a veil of anguish over their hearts;…
66You will pursue them in anger and exterminate…
