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The Prophet’s Anguish and Hope
I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of His wrath.
I am the man who has seen affliction by 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 led 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 He has turned His hand against me
Time and time again throughout the day.
Time and time again throughout 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 aged my flesh and my skin,
And broken my bones.
And 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 enveloped me
with bitterness and tribulation;
with bitterness and tribulation;
He has set me in dark places
Like the dead of long ago.
Like the dead of long ago.
he has made me dwell in darkness
like the dead of long ago.
like the dead of long ago.
He has hedged me in so that I cannot get 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 and shout,
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 a bear lying in wait for me,
a lion in hiding;
a lion in hiding;
He has turned aside my ways and torn me in 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 has bent His bow
And set me up as a target for the arrow.
And set me up 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 drove into my kidneys
the arrows of his quiver;
the arrows of his quiver;
I have become the ridicule of all my people —
Their taunting song all the day.
Their taunting 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 drink wormwood.
He has made me drink wormwood.
He has filled me with bitterness;
he has sated me with wormwood.
he has sated me with wormwood.
He has made my teeth grind on gravel,
and made me cower in ashes;
and made me cower in ashes;
And I said, “My strength and my hope
Have perished from the Lord.”
Have perished from the Lord.”
so I say, “My endurance has perished;
so has my hope from the Lord.”
so has my hope from the Lord.”
Remember my affliction and my wanderings,
the wormwood and the gall!
the wormwood and the gall!
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:
Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed,
Because His compassions fail not.
Because His compassions fail not.
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 hope in Him!”
“Therefore I 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 soul who seeks Him.
To the soul 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 one should hope and wait quietly
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 to 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 keep silent,
Because God has laid it on him;
Because God 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 —
There may yet be hope.
There may yet be 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 one who strikes him,
And be full of reproach.
And be full of 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.
Though He causes grief,
Yet He will show compassion
According to the multitude of His mercies.
Yet He will show compassion
According to the multitude of His mercies.
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 from his heart
or grieve the children of men.
or grieve the children of men.
To crush under one’s feet
All the prisoners of the earth,
All the prisoners of the earth,
To crush underfoot
all the prisoners of the earth,
all the prisoners of the earth,
To turn aside the justice due a man
Before the face of the Most High,
Before the face of the Most High,
to deny a man justice
in the presence of the Most High,
in the presence of the Most High,
Or subvert a man in his cause —
The Lord does not approve.
The Lord does not approve.
to subvert a man in his lawsuit,
the Lord does not approve.
the Lord does not approve.
Who is he who speaks and it comes to pass,
When the Lord has not commanded it?
When the Lord has not 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 woe and well-being proceed?
That woe and well-being proceed?
Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
that good and bad come?
that good and bad come?
Why should a living man complain,
a man, about the punishment of his sins?
a man, about the punishment of his sins?
Let us search out and examine our ways,
And turn back to the Lord;
And turn back to the Lord;
Let us test and examine our ways,
and return to the Lord!
and return to the Lord!
Let us lift our hearts and hands
To God in heaven.
To 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 not pitied.
And pursued us;
You have slain and not pitied.
“You have wrapped yourself with anger and pursued us,
killing without pity;
killing without pity;
You have covered Yourself with a cloud,
That prayer should not pass through.
That prayer should not 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 an 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.
Have opened their mouths against us.
“All our enemies
open their mouths against us;
open their mouths against us;
Fear and a snare have come upon us,
Desolation and destruction.
Desolation and destruction.
panic and pitfall have come upon us,
devastation and destruction;
devastation and destruction;
My eyes overflow with rivers of water
For the destruction of the daughter of my people.
For 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 flow and do not cease,
Without interruption,
Without interruption,
“My eyes will flow without ceasing,
without respite,
without respite,
Till the Lord from heaven
Looks down and sees.
Looks down and sees.
until the Lord from heaven
looks down and sees;
looks down and sees;
My eyes bring suffering 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 flung me alive into the pit
and cast stones on me;
and cast stones on me;
The 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,
From the lowest pit.
From 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 sighing, from my cry for help.”
“Do not hide Your ear
From my sighing, 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 on the day I called on You,
And said, “Do not fear!”
And 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 the case for my soul;
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.
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 enemies
And their whispering against me all the day.
And their whispering against me all the day.
The lips and thoughts of my assailants
are against me all the day long.
are against me all the day long.
Look at their sitting down and their rising up;
I am their taunting song.
I am their taunting song.
Behold their sitting and their rising;
I am the object of their taunts.
I am the object of their taunts.
Repay them, O Lord,
According to the work of their hands.
According to the work of their hands.