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I am the one who has seen the afflictions that come from the rod of the LORD's anger. |
2
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He has led me into darkness, shutting out all light. |
3
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He has turned his hand against me again and again, all day long. |
4
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He has made my skin and flesh grow old. He has broken my bones. |
5
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He has besieged and surrounded me with anguish and distress. |
6
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He has buried me in a dark place, like those long dead. |
7
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He has walled me in, and I cannot escape. He has bound me in heavy chains. |
8
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And though I cry and shout, he has shut out my prayers. |
9
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He has blocked my way with a high stone wall; he has made my road crooked. |
10
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He has hidden like a bear or a lion, waiting to attack me. |
11
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He has dragged me off the path and torn me in pieces, leaving me helpless and devastated. |
12
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He has drawn his bow and made me the target for his arrows. |
13
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He shot his arrows deep into my heart. |
14
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My own people laugh at me. All day long they sing their mocking songs. |
15
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He has filled me with bitterness and given me a bitter cup of sorrow to drink. |
16
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He has made me chew on gravel. He has rolled me in the dust. |
17
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Peace has been stripped away, and I have forgotten what prosperity is. |
18
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I cry out, "My splendor is gone! Everything I had hoped for from the LORD is lost!" |
19
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The thought of my suffering and homelessness is bitter beyond words. |
20
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I will never forget this awful time, as I grieve over my loss. |
21
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Yet I still dare to hope when I remember this: |
22
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The faithful love of the LORD never ends! His mercies never cease. |
23
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Great is his faithfulness; his mercies begin afresh each morning. |
24
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I say to myself, "The LORD is my inheritance; therefore, I will hope in him!" |
25
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The LORD is good to those who depend on him, to those who search for him. |
26
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So it is good to wait quietly for salvation from the LORD. |
27
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And it is good for people to submit at an early age to the yoke of his discipline: |
28
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Let them sit alone in silence beneath the LORD's demands. |
29
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Let them lie face down in the dust, for there may be hope at last. |
30
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Let them turn the other cheek to those who strike them and accept the insults of their enemies. |
31
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For no one is abandoned by the Lord forever. |
32
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Though he brings grief, he also shows compassion because of the greatness of his unfailing love. |
33
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For he does not enjoy hurting people or causing them sorrow. |
34
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If people crush underfoot all the prisoners of the land, |
35
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if they deprive others of their rights in defiance of the Most High, |
36
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if they twist justice in the courts-- doesn't the Lord see all these things? |
37
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Who can command things to happen without the Lord's permission? |
38
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Does not the Most High send both calamity and good? |
39
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Then why should we, mere humans, complain when we are punished for our sins? |
40
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Instead, let us test and examine our ways. Let us turn back to the LORD. |
41
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Let us lift our hearts and hands to God in heaven and say, |
42
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"We have sinned and rebelled, and you have not forgiven us. |
43
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"You have engulfed us with your anger, chased us down, and slaughtered us without mercy. |
44
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You have hidden yourself in a cloud so our prayers cannot reach you. |
45
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You have discarded us as refuse and garbage among the nations. |
46
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"All our enemies have spoken out against us. |
47
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We are filled with fear, for we are trapped, devastated, and ruined." |
48
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Tears stream from my eyes because of the destruction of my people! |
49
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My tears flow endlessly; they will not stop |
50
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until the LORD looks down from heaven and sees. |
51
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My heart is breaking over the fate of all the women of Jerusalem. |
52
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My enemies, whom I have never harmed, hunted me down like a bird. |
53
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They threw me into a pit and dropped stones on me. |
54
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The water rose over my head, and I cried out, "This is the end!" |
55
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But I called on your name, LORD, from deep within the pit. |
56
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You heard me when I cried, "Listen to my pleading! Hear my cry for help!" |
57
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Yes, you came when I called; you told me, "Do not fear." |
58
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Lord, you are my lawyer! Plead my case! For you have redeemed my life. |
59
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You have seen the wrong they have done to me, LORD. Be my judge, and prove me right. |
60
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You have seen the vengeful plots my enemies have laid against me. |
61
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LORD, you have heard the vile names they call me. You know all about the plans they have made. |
62
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My enemies whisper and mutter as they plot against me all day long. |
63
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Look at them! Whether they sit or stand, I am the object of their mocking songs. |
64
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Pay them back, LORD, for all the evil they have done. |
65
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Give them hard and stubborn hearts, and then let your curse fall on them! |
66
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Chase them down in your anger, destroying them beneath the LORD's heavens. |