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3:1  I [am] the man [who] hath seen affliction By the rod of His wrath.
3:2  Me He hath led, and causeth to go [in] darkness, and without light.
3:3  Surely against me He turneth back, He turneth His hand all the day.
3:4  He hath worn out my flesh and my skin. He hath broken my bones.
3:5  He hath built up against me, And setteth round poverty and weariness.
3:6  In dark places He hath caused me to dwell, As the dead of old.
3:7  He hath hedged me about, and I go not out, He hath made heavy my fetter.
3:8  Also when I call and cry out, He hath shut out my prayer.
3:9  He hath hedged my ways with hewn work, My paths He hath made crooked.
3:10  A bear lying in wait He [is] to me, A lion in secret hiding-places.
3:11  My ways He is turning aside, and He pulleth me in pieces, He hath made me a desolation.
3:12  He hath trodden His bow, And setteth me up as a mark for an arrow.
3:13  He hath caused to enter into my reins The sons of His quiver.
3:14  I have been a derision to all my people, Their song all the day.
3:15  He hath filled me with bitter things, He hath filled me [with] wormwood.
3:16  And He breaketh with gravel my teeth, He hath covered me with ashes.
3:17  And Thou castest off from peace my soul, I have forgotten prosperity.
3:18  And I say, Perished hath my strength and my hope from Jehovah.
3:19  Remember my affliction and my mourning, Wormwood and gall!
3:20  Remember well, and bow down doth my soul in me.
3:21  This I turn to my heart -- therefore I hope.
3:22  The kindnesses of Jehovah! For we have not been consumed, For not ended have His mercies.
3:23  New every morning, abundant [is] thy faithfulness.
3:24  My portion [is] Jehovah, hath my soul said, Therefore I hope for Him.
3:25  Good [is] Jehovah to those waiting for Him, To the soul [that] seeketh Him.
3:26  Good! when one doth stay and stand still For the salvation of Jehovah.
3:27  Good for a man that he beareth a yoke in his youth.
3:28  He sitteth alone, and is silent, For He hath laid [it] upon him.
3:29  He putteth in the dust his mouth, if so be there is hope.
3:30  He giveth to his smiter the cheek, He is filled with reproach.
3:31  For the Lord doth not cast off to the age.
3:32  For though He afflicted, yet He hath pitied, According to the abundance of His kindness.
3:33  For He hath not afflicted with His heart, Nor doth He grieve the sons of men.
3:34  To bruise under one's feet any bound ones of earth,
3:35  To turn aside the judgment of a man, Over-against the face of the Most High,
3:36  To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord hath not approved.
3:37  Who [is] this -- he hath said, and it is, [And] the Lord hath not commanded [it]?
3:38  From the mouth of the Most High Go not forth the evils and the good.
3:39  What -- sigh habitually doth a living man, A man for his sin?
3:40  We search our ways, and investigate, And turn back unto Jehovah.
3:41  We lift up our heart on the hands unto God in the heavens.
3:42  We -- we have transgressed and rebelled, Thou -- Thou hast not forgiven.
3:43  Thou hast covered Thyself with anger, And dost pursue us; Thou hast slain -- Thou hast not pitied.
3:44  Thou hast covered Thyself with a cloud, So that prayer doth not pass through.
3:45  Offscouring and refuse Thou dost make us In the midst of the peoples.
3:46  Opened against us their mouth have all our enemies.
3:47  Fear and a snare hath been for us, Desolation and destruction.
3:48  Rivulets of water go down my eye, For the destruction of the daughter of my people.
3:49  Mine eye is poured out, And doth not cease without intermission,
3:50  Till Jehovah looketh and seeth from the heavens,
3:51  My eye affecteth my soul, Because of all the daughters of my city.
3:52  Hunted me sore as a bird have my enemies without cause.
3:53  They have cut off in a pit my life, And they cast a stone against me.
3:54  Flowed have waters over my head, I have said, I have been cut off.
3:55  I called Thy name, O Jehovah, from the lower pit.
3:56  My voice Thou hast heard, Hide not Thine ear at my breathing -- at my cry.
3:57  Thou hast drawn near in the day I call Thee, Thou hast said, Fear not.
3:58  Thou hast pleaded, O Lord, the pleadings of my soul, Thou hast redeemed my life.
3:59  Thou hast seen, O Jehovah, my overthrow, Judge Thou my cause.
3:60  Thou hast seen all their vengeance, All their thoughts of me.
3:61  Thou hast heard their reproach, O Jehovah, All their thoughts against me,
3:62  The lips of my withstanders, Even their meditation against me all the day.
3:63  Their sitting down, and their rising up, Behold attentively, I [am] their song.
3:64  Thou returnest to them the deed, O Jehovah, According to the work of their hands.
3:65  Thou givest to them a covered heart, Thy curse to them.
3:66  Thou pursuest in anger, and destroyest them, From under the heavens of Jehovah!