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Jeremiah Shares Israel’s Affliction
I am the man who has seen affliction
Because of the rod of His wrath.
I am the man who has seen affliction
Because of the rod of His wrath.
Great Is Your Faithfulness
I am the man who has seen affliction
under the rod of his wrath;
I am the man who has seen affliction
under the rod of his wrath;
He has driven me and made me walk
In darkness and not in light.
In darkness and not in light.
he has driven and brought me
into darkness without any light;
into darkness without any light;
Surely against me He has turned His hand
Repeatedly all the day.
Repeatedly all the day.
surely against me he turns his hand
again and again the whole day long.
again and again the whole day long.
He has caused my flesh and my skin to waste away,
He has broken my bones.
He has broken my bones.
He has made my flesh and my skin waste away;
he has broken my bones;
he has broken my bones;
He has besieged and encompassed me with bitterness and hardship.
he has besieged and enveloped me
with bitterness and tribulation;
with bitterness and tribulation;
In dark places He has made me dwell,
Like those who have long been dead.
Like those who have long been dead.
he has made me dwell in darkness
like the dead of long ago.
like the dead of long ago.
He has walled me in so that I cannot go out;
He has made my chain heavy.
He has made my chain heavy.
He has walled me about so that I cannot escape;
he has made my chains heavy;
he has made my chains heavy;
Even when I cry out and call for help,
He shuts out my prayer.
He shuts out my prayer.
though I call and cry for help,
he shuts out my prayer;
he shuts out my prayer;
He has blocked my ways with hewn stone;
He has made my paths crooked.
He has made my paths crooked.
he has blocked my ways with blocks of stones;
he has made my paths crooked.
he has made my paths crooked.
He is to me like a bear lying in wait,
Like a lion in secret places.
Like a lion in secret places.
He is a bear lying in wait for me,
a lion in hiding;
a lion in hiding;
He has turned aside my ways and torn me to pieces;
He has made me desolate.
He has made me desolate.
he turned aside my steps and tore me to pieces;
he has made me desolate;
he has made me desolate;
He bent His bow
And set me as a target for the arrow.
And set me as a target for the arrow.
he bent his bow and set me
as a target for his arrow.
as a target for his arrow.
He made the arrows of His quiver
To enter into my inward parts.
To enter into my inward parts.
He drove into my kidneys
the arrows of his quiver;
the arrows of his quiver;
I have become a laughingstock to all my people,
Their mocking song all the day.
Their mocking song all the day.
I have become the laughingstock of all peoples,
the object of their taunts all day long.
the object of their taunts all day long.
He has filled me with bitterness,
He has made me drunk with wormwood.
He has made me drunk with wormwood.
He has filled me with bitterness;
he has sated me with wormwood.
he has sated me with wormwood.
He has broken my teeth with gravel;
He has made me cower in the dust.
He has made me cower in the dust.
He has made my teeth grind on gravel,
and made me cower in ashes;
and made me cower in ashes;
My soul has been rejected from peace;
I have forgotten happiness.
I have forgotten happiness.
So I say, “My strength has perished,
And so has my hope from the LORD.”
And so has my hope from the LORD.”
so I say, “My endurance has perished;
so has my hope from the Lord.”
so has my hope from the Lord.”
Hope of Relief in God’s Mercy
Remember my affliction and my wandering, the wormwood and bitterness.
Remember my affliction and my wanderings,
the wormwood and the gall!
the wormwood and the gall!
Surely my soul remembers
And is bowed down within me.
And is bowed down within me.
My soul continually remembers it
and is bowed down within me.
and is bowed down within me.
This I recall to my mind,
Therefore I have hope.
Therefore I have hope.
But this I call to mind,
and therefore I have hope:
and therefore I have hope:
The LORD’S lovingkindnesses indeed never cease,
For His compassions never fail.
For His compassions never fail.
They are new every morning;
Great is Your faithfulness.
Great is Your faithfulness.
they are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
great is your faithfulness.
“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul,
“Therefore I have hope in Him.”
“Therefore I have hope in Him.”
“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
“therefore I will hope in him.”
“therefore I will hope in him.”
The LORD is good to those who wait for Him,
To the person who seeks Him.
To the person who seeks Him.
The Lord is good to those who wait for him,
to the soul who seeks him.
to the soul who seeks him.
It is good that he waits silently
For the salvation of the LORD.
For the salvation of the LORD.
It is good that one should wait quietly
for the salvation of the Lord.
for the salvation of the Lord.
It is good for a man that he should bear
The yoke in his youth.
The yoke in his youth.
It is good for a man that he bear
the yoke in his youth.
the yoke in his youth.
Let him sit alone and be silent
Since He has laid it on him.
Since He has laid it on him.
Let him sit alone in silence
when it is laid on him;
when it is laid on him;
Let him put his mouth in the dust,
Perhaps there is hope.
Perhaps there is hope.
let him put his mouth in the dust —
there may yet be hope;
there may yet be hope;
Let him give his cheek to the smiter,
Let him be filled with reproach.
Let him be filled with reproach.
let him give his cheek to the one who strikes,
and let him be filled with insults.
and let him be filled with insults.
For if He causes grief,
Then He will have compassion
According to His abundant lovingkindness.
Then He will have compassion
According to His abundant lovingkindness.
but, though he cause grief, he will have compassion
according to the abundance of his steadfast love;
according to the abundance of his steadfast love;
For He does not afflict willingly
Or grieve the sons of men.
Or grieve the sons of men.
for he does not afflict from his heart
or grieve the children of men.
or grieve the children of men.
To crush under His feet
All the prisoners of the land,
All the prisoners of the land,
To crush underfoot
all the prisoners of the earth,
all the prisoners of the earth,
To deprive a man of justice
In the presence of the Most High,
In the presence of the Most High,
to deny a man justice
in the presence of the Most High,
in the presence of the Most High,
To defraud a man in his lawsuit —
Of these things the Lord does not approve.
Of these things the Lord does not approve.
to subvert a man in his lawsuit,
the Lord does not approve.
the Lord does not approve.
Who is there who speaks and it comes to pass,
Unless the Lord has commanded it?
Unless the Lord has commanded it?
Who has spoken and it came to pass,
unless the Lord has commanded it?
unless the Lord has commanded it?
Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
That both good and ill go forth?
That both good and ill go forth?
Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
that good and bad come?
that good and bad come?
Why should any living mortal, or any man,
Offer complaint in view of his sins?
Offer complaint in view of his sins?
Why should a living man complain,
a man, about the punishment of his sins?
a man, about the punishment of his sins?
Let us examine and probe our ways,
And let us return to the LORD.
And let us return to the LORD.
Let us test and examine our ways,
and return to the Lord!
and return to the Lord!
We lift up our heart and hands
Toward God in heaven;
Toward God in heaven;
Let us lift up our hearts and hands
to God in heaven:
to God in heaven:
We have transgressed and rebelled,
You have not pardoned.
You have not pardoned.
“We have transgressed and rebelled,
and you have not forgiven.
and you have not forgiven.
You have covered Yourself with anger
And pursued us;
You have slain and have not spared.
And pursued us;
You have slain and have not spared.
“You have wrapped yourself with anger and pursued us,
killing without pity;
killing without pity;
You have covered Yourself with a cloud
So that no prayer can pass through.
So that no prayer can pass through.
you have wrapped yourself with a cloud
so that no prayer can pass through.
so that no prayer can pass through.
You have made us mere offscouring and refuse
In the midst of the peoples.
In the midst of the peoples.
You have made us scum and garbage
among the peoples.
among the peoples.
All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
“All our enemies
open their mouths against us;
open their mouths against us;
Panic and pitfall have befallen us,
Devastation and destruction;
Devastation and destruction;
panic and pitfall have come upon us,
devastation and destruction;
devastation and destruction;
My eyes run down with streams of water
Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
my eyes flow with rivers of tears
because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.
My eyes pour down unceasingly,
Without stopping,
Without stopping,
“My eyes will flow without ceasing,
without respite,
without respite,
Until the LORD looks down
And sees from heaven.
And sees from heaven.
until the Lord from heaven
looks down and sees;
looks down and sees;
My eyes bring pain to my soul
Because of all the daughters of my city.
Because of all the daughters of my city.
my eyes cause me grief
at the fate of all the daughters of my city.
at the fate of all the daughters of my city.
My enemies without cause
Hunted me down like a bird;
Hunted me down like a bird;
“I have been hunted like a bird
by those who were my enemies without cause;
by those who were my enemies without cause;
They have silenced me in the pit
And have placed a stone on me.
And have placed a stone on me.
they flung me alive into the pit
and cast stones on me;
and cast stones on me;
Waters flowed over my head;
I said, “I am cut off!”
I said, “I am cut off!”
water closed over my head;
I said, ‘I am lost.’
I said, ‘I am lost.’
I called on Your name, O LORD,
Out of the lowest pit.
Out of the lowest pit.
“I called on your name, O Lord,
from the depths of the pit;
from the depths of the pit;
You have heard my voice,
“Do not hide Your ear from my prayer for relief,
From my cry for help.”
“Do not hide Your ear from my prayer for relief,
From my cry for help.”
you heard my plea, ‘Do not close
your ear to my cry for help!’
your ear to my cry for help!’
You drew near when I called on You;
You said, “Do not fear!”
You said, “Do not fear!”
You came near when I called on you;
you said, ‘Do not fear!’
you said, ‘Do not fear!’
O Lord, You have pleaded my soul’s cause;
You have redeemed my life.
You have redeemed my life.
“You have taken up my cause, O Lord;
you have redeemed my life.
you have redeemed my life.
O LORD, You have seen my oppression;
Judge my case.
Judge my case.
You have seen the wrong done to me, O Lord;
judge my cause.
judge my cause.
You have seen all their vengeance,
All their schemes against me.
All their schemes against me.
You have seen all their vengeance,
all their plots against me.
all their plots against me.
You have heard their reproach, O LORD,
All their schemes against me.
All their schemes against me.
“You have heard their taunts, O Lord,
all their plots against me.
all their plots against me.
The lips of my assailants and their whispering
Are against me all day long.
Are against me all day long.
The lips and thoughts of my assailants
are against me all the day long.
are against me all the day long.
Look on their sitting and their rising;
I am their mocking song.
I am their mocking song.
Behold their sitting and their rising;
I am the object of their taunts.
I am the object of their taunts.
You will recompense them, O LORD,
According to the work of their hands.
According to the work of their hands.
You will give them hardness of heart,
Your curse will be on them.
Your curse will be on them.