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Jeremiah's Afflictions
א
I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
א
I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
I am the man who has seen affliction
by the rod of the Lord’s wrath.
by the rod of the Lord’s wrath.
He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
He has driven me away and made me walk
in darkness rather than light;
in darkness rather than light;
Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.
indeed, he has turned his hand against me
again and again, all day long.
again and again, all day long.
ב
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
He has made my skin and my flesh grow old
and has broken my bones.
and has broken my bones.
He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
He has besieged me and surrounded me
with bitterness and hardship.
with bitterness and hardship.
He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
He has made me dwell in darkness
like those long dead.
like those long dead.
ג
He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
He has walled me in so I cannot escape;
he has weighed me down with chains.
he has weighed me down with chains.
Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
Even when I call out or cry for help,
he shuts out my prayer.
he shuts out my prayer.
He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
He has barred my way with blocks of stone;
he has made my paths crooked.
he has made my paths crooked.
ד
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.
Like a bear lying in wait,
like a lion in hiding,
like a lion in hiding,
He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
he dragged me from the path and mangled me
and left me without help.
and left me without help.
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
He drew his bow
and made me the target for his arrows.
and made me the target for his arrows.
ה
He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
He pierced my heart
with arrows from his quiver.
with arrows from his quiver.
I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.
I became the laughingstock of all my people;
they mock me in song all day long.
they mock me in song all day long.
He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
He has filled me with bitter herbs
and given me gall to drink.
and given me gall to drink.
ו
He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
He has broken my teeth with gravel;
he has trampled me in the dust.
he has trampled me in the dust.
And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
I have been deprived of peace;
I have forgotten what prosperity is.
I have forgotten what prosperity is.
And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:
So I say, “My splendor is gone
and all that I had hoped from the Lord.”
and all that I had hoped from the Lord.”
Jeremiah's Hope
ז
Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
ז
Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
I remember my affliction and my wandering,
the bitterness and the gall.
the bitterness and the gall.
My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
I well remember them,
and my soul is downcast within me.
and my soul is downcast within me.
This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
Yet this I call to mind
and therefore I have hope:
and therefore I have hope:
ח
It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.
for his compassions never fail.
They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
great is your faithfulness.
The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion;
therefore I will wait for him.”
therefore I will wait for him.”
ט
The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him,
to the one who seeks him;
to the one who seeks him;
It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
it is good to wait quietly
for the salvation of the Lord.
for the salvation of the Lord.
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
It is good for a man to bear the yoke
while he is young.
while he is young.
י
He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.
Let him sit alone in silence,
for the Lord has laid it on him.
for the Lord has laid it on him.
He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
Let him bury his face in the dust —
there may yet be hope.
there may yet be hope.
He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
Let him offer his cheek to one who would strike him,
and let him be filled with disgrace.
and let him be filled with disgrace.
But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
Though he brings grief, he will show compassion,
so great is his unfailing love.
so great is his unfailing love.
For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
For he does not willingly bring affliction
or grief to anyone.
or grief to anyone.
ל
To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
To crush underfoot
all prisoners in the land,
all prisoners in the land,
To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,
to deny people their rights
before the Most High,
before the Most High,
To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
to deprive them of justice —
would not the Lord see such things?
would not the Lord see such things?
God's Justice
מ
Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
מ
Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
Who can speak and have it happen
if the Lord has not decreed it?
if the Lord has not decreed it?
Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
that both calamities and good things come?
that both calamities and good things come?
Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
Why should the living complain
when punished for their sins?
when punished for their sins?
נ
Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
Let us examine our ways and test them,
and let us return to the Lord.
and let us return to the Lord.
Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
Let us lift up our hearts and our hands
to God in heaven, and say:
to God in heaven, and say:
We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
“We have sinned and rebelled
and you have not forgiven.
and you have not forgiven.
ס
Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
“You have covered yourself with anger and pursued us;
you have slain without pity.
you have slain without pity.
Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.
You have covered yourself with a cloud
so that no prayer can get through.
so that no prayer can get through.
Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.
You have made us scum and refuse
among the nations.
among the nations.
פ
All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
“All our enemies have opened their mouths
wide against us.
wide against us.
Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
We have suffered terror and pitfalls,
ruin and destruction.”
ruin and destruction.”
Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Streams of tears flow from my eyes
because my people are destroyed.
because my people are destroyed.
ע
Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
My eyes will flow unceasingly,
without relief,
without relief,
Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven.
until the Lord looks down
from heaven and sees.
from heaven and sees.
Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.
What I see brings grief to my soul
because of all the women of my city.
because of all the women of my city.
צ
Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
Those who were my enemies without cause
hunted me like a bird.
hunted me like a bird.
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
They tried to end my life in a pit
and threw stones at me;
and threw stones at me;
Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
the waters closed over my head,
and I thought I was about to perish.
and I thought I was about to perish.
A Prayer for Deliverance
ק
I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
ק
I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
I called on your name, Lord,
from the depths of the pit.
from the depths of the pit.
Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.
You heard my plea: “Do not close your ears
to my cry for relief.”
to my cry for relief.”
Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.
You came near when I called you,
and you said, “Do not fear.”
and you said, “Do not fear.”
ר
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.
You, Lord, took up my case;
you redeemed my life.
you redeemed my life.
O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
Lord, you have seen the wrong done to me.
Uphold my cause!
Uphold my cause!
Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me.
You have seen the depth of their vengeance,
all their plots against me.
all their plots against me.
ש
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;
Lord, you have heard their insults,
all their plots against me —
all their plots against me —
The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.
what my enemies whisper and mutter
against me all day long.
against me all day long.
Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.
Look at them! Sitting or standing,
they mock me in their songs.
they mock me in their songs.
ת
Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
Pay them back what they deserve, Lord,
for what their hands have done.
for what their hands have done.
Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.
Put a veil over their hearts,
and may your curse be on them!
and may your curse be on them!