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Hope in the LORD’s Faithfulness
I am the one who has seen the afflictions
that come from the rod of the LORD’s anger.
I am the one who has seen the afflictions
that come from the rod of the LORD’s anger.
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.
He has led me into darkness,
shutting out all light.
shutting out all light.
He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
He has turned his hand against me
again and again, all day long.
again and again, all day long.
Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.
He has made my skin and flesh grow old.
He has broken my bones.
He has broken my bones.
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 besieged and surrounded me
with anguish and distress.
with anguish and distress.
He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
He has buried me in a dark place,
like those long dead.
like those long dead.
He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
He has walled me in, and I cannot escape.
He has bound me in heavy chains.
He has bound me in heavy chains.
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.
And though I cry and shout,
he has shut out my prayers.
he has shut out my prayers.
Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
He has blocked my way with a high stone wall;
he has made my road crooked.
he has made my road crooked.
He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
He has hidden like a bear or a lion,
waiting to attack me.
waiting to attack me.
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.
He has dragged me off the path and torn me in pieces,
leaving me helpless and devastated.
leaving me helpless and devastated.
He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
He has drawn his bow
and made me the target for his arrows.
and made me the target for his arrows.
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
He shot his arrows
deep into my heart.
deep into my heart.
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.
My own people laugh at me.
All day long they sing their mocking songs.
All day long they sing their mocking songs.
I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.
He has filled me with bitterness
and given me a bitter cup of sorrow to drink.
and given me a bitter cup of sorrow to drink.
He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
He has made me chew on gravel.
He has rolled me in the dust.
He has rolled me in the dust.
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.
Peace has been stripped away,
and I have forgotten what prosperity is.
and I have forgotten what prosperity is.
And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
I cry out, “My splendor is gone!
Everything I had hoped for from the LORD is lost!”
Everything I had hoped for from the LORD is lost!”
And I said, My strength and my hope is perished 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 will never forget this awful time,
as I grieve over my loss.
as I grieve over my loss.
My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
Yet I still dare to hope
when I remember this:
when I remember this:
This I recall to my mind, therefore have I 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.
Great is his faithfulness;
his mercies begin afresh each morning.
his mercies begin afresh each morning.
They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
I say to myself, “The LORD is my inheritance;
therefore, I will hope in him!”
therefore, I will hope in him!”
The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
The LORD is good to those who depend on him,
to those who search for him.
to those who search 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.
So it is good to wait quietly
for salvation from the LORD.
for salvation from the LORD.
It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
And it is good for people to submit at an early age
to the yoke of his discipline:
to the yoke of his discipline:
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
Let them sit alone in silence
beneath the LORD’s demands.
beneath the LORD’s demands.
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 them lie face down in the dust,
for there may be hope at last.
for there may be hope at last.
He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
Let them turn the other cheek to those who strike them
and accept the insults of their enemies.
and accept the insults of their enemies.
He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
Though he brings grief, he also shows compassion
because of the greatness of his unfailing love.
because of the greatness of his unfailing love.
But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
For he does not enjoy hurting people
or causing them sorrow.
or causing them sorrow.
For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
If people crush underfoot
all the prisoners of the land,
all the prisoners of the land,
ל
To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
if they deprive others of their rights
in defiance of the Most High,
in defiance of the Most High,
To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,
if they twist justice in the courts —
doesn’t the Lord see all these things?
doesn’t the Lord see all these things?
To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
Who can command things to happen
without the Lord’s permission?
without the Lord’s permission?
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?
Does not the Most High
send both calamity and good?
send both calamity and good?
Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
Then why should we, mere humans, complain
when we are punished for our sins?
when we are punished for our sins?
Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
Instead, let us test and examine our ways.
Let us turn back to the LORD.
Let us turn back to the LORD.
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 lift our hearts and hands
to God in heaven and say,
to God in heaven and say,
Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
“We have sinned and rebelled,
and you have not forgiven us.
and you have not forgiven us.
We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
“You have engulfed us with your anger, chased us down,
and slaughtered us without mercy.
and slaughtered us without mercy.
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 hidden yourself in a cloud
so our prayers cannot reach you.
so our prayers cannot reach you.
Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.
You have discarded us as refuse and garbage
among the nations.
among the nations.
Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.
“All our enemies
have spoken out against us.
have spoken out against us.
פ
All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
We are filled with fear,
for we are trapped, devastated, and ruined.”
for we are trapped, devastated, and ruined.”
Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
Tears stream from my eyes
because of the destruction of my people!
because of the destruction of my people!
Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
My tears flow endlessly;
they will not stop
they will not stop
ע
Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
until the LORD looks down
from heaven and sees.
from heaven and sees.
Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven.
My heart is breaking
over the fate of all the women of Jerusalem.
over the fate of all the women of Jerusalem.
Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.
My enemies, whom I have never harmed,
hunted me down like a bird.
hunted me down like a bird.
צ
Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
They threw me into a pit
and dropped stones on me.
and dropped stones on me.
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
The water rose over my head,
and I cried out, “This is the end!”
and I cried out, “This is the end!”
Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
But I called on your name, LORD,
from deep within the pit.
from deep within the pit.
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.
You heard me when I cried, “Listen to my pleading!
Hear my cry for help!”
Hear my cry for help!”
Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.
Yes, you came when I called;
you told me, “Do not fear.”
you told me, “Do not fear.”
Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.
Lord, you have come to my defense;
you have redeemed my life.
you have redeemed my life.
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 have seen the wrong they have done to me, LORD.
Be my judge, and prove me right.
Be my judge, and prove me right.
O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
You have seen the vengeful plots
my enemies have laid against me.
my enemies have laid against me.
Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me.
LORD, you have heard the vile names they call me.
You know all about the plans they have made.
You know all about the plans they have made.
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;
My enemies whisper and mutter
as they plot against me all day long.
as they plot against me all day long.
The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.
Look at them! Whether they sit or stand,
I am the object of their mocking songs.
I am the object of their mocking songs.
Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.
Pay them back, LORD,
for all the evil they have done.
for all the evil they have done.
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.
Give them hard and stubborn hearts,
and then let your curse fall on them!
and then let your curse fall on them!
Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.