1 I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.

1 אֲנִ֤י הַגֶּ֙בֶר֙ רָאָ֣ה עֳנִ֔י בְּשֵׁ֖בֶט עֶבְרָתֹֽו׃

2 Me hath he led, and brought into darkness, and not into light.

2 אֹותִ֥י נָהַ֛ג וַיֹּלַ֖ךְ חֹ֥שֶׁךְ וְלֹא־אֹֽור׃

3 Surely against me hath he turned again and again his hand all the day.

3 אַ֣ךְ בִּ֥י יָשֻׁ֛ב יַהֲפֹ֥ךְ יָדֹ֖ו כָּל־הַיֹּֽום׃

4 My flesh and my skin hath he wasted away, he hath broken my bones.

4 בִּלָּ֤ה בְשָׂרִי֙ וְעֹורִ֔י שִׁבַּ֖ר עַצְמֹותָֽי׃

5 He hath built against me, and encompassed [me] with gall and toil.

5 בָּנָ֥ה עָלַ֛י וַיַּקַּ֖ף רֹ֥אשׁ וּתְלָאָֽה׃

6 He hath made me to dwell in dark places as those that have been long dead.

6 בְּמַחֲשַׁכִּ֥ים הֹושִׁיבַ֖נִי כְּמֵתֵ֥י עֹולָֽם׃

7 He hath hedged me about that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.

7 גָּדַ֧ר בַּעֲדִ֛י וְלֹ֥א אֵצֵ֖א הִכְבִּ֥יד נְחָשְׁתִּֽי׃

8 Even when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.

8 גַּ֣ם כִּ֤י אֶזְעַק֙ וַאֲשַׁוֵּ֔עַ שָׂתַ֖ם תְּפִלָּתִֽי׃

9 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.

9 גָּדַ֤ר דְּרָכַי֙ בְּגָזִ֔ית נְתִיבֹתַ֖י עִוָּֽה׃

10 He is unto me [as] a bear lying in wait, a lion in secret places.

10 דֹּ֣ב אֹרֵ֥ב הוּא֙ לִ֔י אַרְיֵה אֲרִ֖י בְּמִסְתָּרִֽים׃

11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.

11 דְּרָכַ֥י סֹורֵ֛ר וַֽיְפַשְּׁחֵ֖נִי שָׂמַ֥נִי שֹׁמֵֽם׃

12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

12 דָּרַ֤ךְ קַשְׁתֹּו֙ וַיַּצִּיבֵ֔נִי כַּמַּטָּרָ֖א לַחֵֽץ׃

13 He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.

13 הֵבִיא֙ בְּכִלְיֹותָ֔י בְּנֵ֖י אַשְׁפָּתֹֽו׃

14 I am become a derision to all my people; their song all the day.

14 הָיִ֤יתִי שְּׂחֹק֙³ לְכָל־עַמִּ֔י נְגִינָתָ֖ם כָּל־הַיֹּֽום׃

15 He hath sated me with bitterness, he hath made me drunk with wormwood.

15 הִשְׂבִּיעַ֥נִי בַמְּרֹורִ֖ים הִרְוַ֥נִי לַעֲנָֽה׃

16 He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.

16 וַיַּגְרֵ֤ס בֶּֽחָצָץ֙ שִׁנָּ֔י הִכְפִּישַׁ֖נִי בָּאֵֽפֶר׃

17 And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I have forgotten prosperity.

17 וַתִּזְנַ֧ח מִשָּׁלֹ֛ום נַפְשִׁ֖י נָשִׁ֥יתִי טֹובָֽה׃

18 And I said, My strength is perished, and my hope in Jehovah.

18 וָאֹמַר֙ אָבַ֣ד נִצְחִ֔י וְתֹוחַלְתִּ֖י מֵיְהוָֽה׃

19 Remember thou mine affliction and my wandering, the wormwood and the gall.

19 זְכָר־עָנְיִ֥י וּמְרוּדִ֖י לַעֲנָ֥ה וָרֹֽאשׁ׃

20 My soul hath [them] constantly in remembrance, and is humbled in me.

20 זָכֹ֣ור תִּזְכֹּ֔ור וְתָשִׁיחַ וְתָשֹׁ֥וחַ עָלַ֖י נַפְשִֽׁי׃

21 -- This I recall to heart, therefore have I hope.

21 זֹ֛את אָשִׁ֥יב אֶל־לִבִּ֖י עַל־כֵּ֥ן אֹוחִֽיל׃

22 It is of Jehovah's loving-kindness we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not;

22 חַֽסְדֵ֤י יְהוָה֙ כִּ֣י לֹא־תָ֔מְנוּ כִּ֥י לֹא־כָל֖וּ רַחֲמָֽיו׃

23 they are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

23 חֲדָשִׁים֙ לַבְּקָרִ֔ים רַבָּ֖ה אֱמוּנָתֶֽךָ׃

24 Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

24 חֶלְקִ֤י יְהוָה֙ אָמְרָ֣ה נַפְשִׁ֔י עַל־כֵּ֖ן אֹוחִ֥יל לֹֽו׃

25 Jehovah is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul [that] seeketh him.

25 טֹ֤וב יְהוָה֙ לְקֹוָ֔ו^q לְנֶ֖פֶשׁ תִּדְרְשֶֽׁנּוּ׃

26 It is good that one should both wait, and that in silence, for the salvation of Jehovah.

26 טֹ֤וב וְיָחִיל֙ וְדוּמָ֔ם לִתְשׁוּעַ֖ת יְהוָֽה׃

27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth:

27 טֹ֣וב לַגֶּ֔בֶר כִּֽי־יִשָּׂ֥א עֹ֖ל בִּנְעוּרָֽיו׃

28 He sitteth solitary and keepeth silence, because he hath laid it upon him;

28 יֵשֵׁ֤ב בָּדָד֙ וְיִדֹּ֔ם כִּ֥י נָטַ֖ל עָלָֽיו׃

29 he putteth his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope;

29 יִתֵּ֤ן בֶּֽעָפָר֙ פִּ֔יהוּ אוּלַ֖י יֵ֥שׁ תִּקְוָֽה׃

30 he giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him; he is filled full with reproach.

30 יִתֵּ֧ן לְמַכֵּ֛הוּ לֶ֖חִי יִשְׂבַּ֥ע בְּחֶרְפָּֽה׃

31 For the Lord will not cast off for ever;

31 כִּ֣י לֹ֥א יִזְנַ֛ח לְעֹולָ֖ם אֲדֹנָֽי׃

32 but if he have caused grief, he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving-kindnesses:

32 כִּ֣י אִם־הֹוגָ֔ה וְרִחַ֖ם כְּרֹ֥ב חַסְדֹּו חֲסָדָֽיו׃

33 for he doth not willingly afflict or grieve the children of men.

33 כִּ֣י לֹ֤א עִנָּה֙ מִלִּבֹּ֔ו וַיַּגֶּ֖ה בְּנֵי־אִֽישׁ׃

34 To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,

34 לְדַכֵּא֙ תַּ֣חַת רַגְלָ֔יו כֹּ֖ל אֲסִ֥ירֵי אָֽרֶץ׃

35 to turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High,

35 לְהַטֹּות֙ מִשְׁפַּט־גָּ֔בֶר נֶ֖גֶד פְּנֵ֥י עֶלְיֹֽון׃

36 to wrong a man in his cause, -- will not the Lord see it?

36 לְעַוֵּ֤ת אָדָם֙ בְּרִיבֹ֔ו אֲדֹנָ֖י לֹ֥א רָאָֽה׃

37 Who is he that saith, and there cometh to pass, what the Lord hath not commanded?

37 מִ֣י זֶ֤ה אָמַר֙ וַתֶּ֔הִי אֲדֹנָ֖י לֹ֥א צִוָּֽה׃

38 Out of the mouth of the Most High doth not there proceed evil and good?

38 מִפִּ֤י עֶלְיֹון֙ לֹ֣א תֵצֵ֔א הָרָעֹ֖ות וְהַטֹּֽוב׃

39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?

39 מַה־יִּתְאֹונֵן֙ אָדָ֣ם חָ֔י גֶּ֖בֶר עַל־ חֶטְאֹו חֲטָאָֽיו׃

40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah.

40 נַחְפְּשָׂ֤ה דְרָכֵ֙ינוּ֙ וְֽנַחְקֹ֔רָה וְנָשׁ֖וּבָה עַד־יְהוָֽה׃

41 Let us lift up our heart with [our] hands unto ùGod in the heavens.

41 נִשָּׂ֤א לְבָבֵ֙נוּ֙ אֶל־כַּפָּ֔יִם אֶל־אֵ֖ל בַּשָּׁמָֽיִם׃

42 We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.

42 נַ֤חְנוּ פָשַׁ֙עְנוּ֙ וּמָרִ֔ינוּ אַתָּ֖ה לֹ֥א סָלָֽחְתָּ׃

43 Thou hast covered thyself with anger, and pursued us; thou hast slain, thou hast not spared.

43 סַכֹּ֤תָה בָאַף֙ וַֽתִּרְדְּפֵ֔נוּ הָרַ֖גְתָּ לֹ֥א חָמָֽלְתָּ׃

44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that prayer should not pass through.

44 סַכֹּ֤ותָה בֶֽעָנָן֙ לָ֔ךְ מֵעֲבֹ֖ור תְּפִלָּֽה׃

45 Thou hast made us the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the peoples.

45 סְחִ֧י וּמָאֹ֛וס תְּשִׂימֵ֖נוּ בְּקֶ֥רֶב הָעַמִּֽים׃

46 All our enemies have opened their mouth against us.

46 פָּצ֥וּ עָלֵ֛ינוּ פִּיהֶ֖ם כָּל־אֹיְבֵֽינוּ׃

47 Fear and the pit are come upon us, devastation and ruin.

47 פַּ֧חַד וָפַ֛חַת הָ֥יָה לָ֖נוּ הַשֵּׁ֥את וְהַשָּֽׁבֶר׃

48 Mine eye runneth down with streams of water for the ruin of the daughter of my people.

48 פַּלְגֵי־מַ֙יִם֙ תֵּרַ֣ד עֵינִ֔י עַל־שֶׁ֖בֶר בַּת־עַמִּֽי׃

49 Mine eye poureth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,

49 עֵינִ֧י נִגְּרָ֛ה וְלֹ֥א תִדְמֶ֖ה מֵאֵ֥ין הֲפֻגֹֽות׃

50 till Jehovah look down and behold from the heavens.

50 עַד־יַשְׁקִ֣יף וְיֵ֔רֶא יְהוָ֖ה מִשָּׁמָֽיִם׃

51 Mine eye affecteth my soul, because of all the daughters of my city.

51 עֵינִי֙ עֹֽולְלָ֣ה לְנַפְשִׁ֔י מִכֹּ֖ל בְּנֹ֥ות עִירִֽי׃

52 They that are mine enemies without cause have chased me sore like a bird.

52 צֹ֥וד צָד֛וּנִי כַּצִּפֹּ֖ור אֹיְבַ֥י חִנָּֽם׃

53 They have cut off my life in a pit, and cast a stone upon me.

53 צָֽמְת֤וּ בַבֹּור֙ חַיָּ֔י וַיַּדּוּ־אֶ֖בֶן בִּֽי׃

54 Waters streamed over my head; I said, I am cut off.

54 צָֽפוּ־מַ֥יִם עַל־רֹאשִׁ֖י אָמַ֥רְתִּי נִגְזָֽרְתִּי׃

55 I called upon thy name, Jehovah, out of the lowest pit.

55 קָרָ֤אתִי שִׁמְךָ֙ יְהוָ֔ה מִבֹּ֖ור תַּחְתִּיֹּֽות׃

56 Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my sighing, at my cry.

56 קֹולִ֖י שָׁמָ֑עְתָּ אַל־תַּעְלֵ֧ם אָזְנְךָ֛ לְרַוְחָתִ֖י לְשַׁוְעָתִֽי׃

57 Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee; thou saidst, Fear not.

57 קָרַ֙בְתָּ֙ בְּיֹ֣ום אֶקְרָאֶ֔ךָּ אָמַ֖רְתָּ אַל־תִּירָֽא׃

58 Lord, thou hast pleaded the cause of my soul, thou hast redeemed my life.

58 רַ֧בְתָּ אֲדֹנָ֛י רִיבֵ֥י נַפְשִׁ֖י גָּאַ֥לְתָּ חַיָּֽי׃

59 Jehovah, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.

59 רָאִ֤יתָה יְהוָה֙ עַוָּ֣תָתִ֔י שָׁפְטָ֖ה מִשְׁפָּטִֽי׃

60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance, all their imaginations against me.

60 רָאִ֙יתָה֙ כָּל־נִקְמָתָ֔ם כָּל־מַחְשְׁבֹתָ֖ם לִֽי׃

61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O Jehovah, all their imaginations against me;

61 שָׁמַ֤עְתָּ חֶרְפָּתָם֙ יְהוָ֔ה כָּל־מַחְשְׁבֹתָ֖ם עָלָֽי׃

62 the lips of those that rise up against me and their meditation against me all the day.

62 שִׂפְתֵ֤י קָמַי֙ וְהֶגְיֹונָ֔ם עָלַ֖י כָּל־הַיֹּֽום׃

63 Behold thou their sitting down and their rising up: I am their song.

63 שִׁבְתָּ֤ם וְקִֽימָתָם֙ הַבִּ֔יטָה אֲנִ֖י מַנְגִּינָתָֽם׃

64 Render unto them a recompence, O Jehovah, according to the work of their hands;

64 תָּשִׁ֨יב לָהֶ֥ם גְּמ֛וּל יְהוָ֖ה כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יְדֵיהֶֽם׃

65 give them obduracy of heart, thy curse unto them;

65 תִּתֵּ֤ן לָהֶם֙ מְגִנַּת־לֵ֔ב תַּאֲלָֽתְךָ֖ לָהֶֽם׃

66 pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Jehovah.

66 תִּרְדֹּ֤ף בְּאַף֙ וְתַשְׁמִידֵ֔ם מִתַּ֖חַת שְׁמֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃