| New American Standard Bible 1995 | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1I am the man who has seen affliction Because of the rod of His wrath. | 1I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of God's wrath. |
| 2He has driven me and made me walk In darkness and not in light. | 2He has driven me away and forced me to walk in darkness instead of light. |
| 3Surely against me He has turned His hand Repeatedly all the day. | 3Yes, He repeatedly turns His hand against me all day long. |
| 4He has caused my flesh and my skin to waste away, He has broken my bones. | 4He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones. |
| 5He has besieged and encompassed me with bitterness and hardship. | 5He has laid siege against me, encircling me with bitterness and hardship. |
| 6In dark places He has made me dwell, Like those who have long been dead. | 6He has made me dwell in darkness like those who have been dead for ages. |
| 7He has walled me in so that I cannot go out; He has made my chain heavy. | 7He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains. |
| 8Even when I cry out and call for help, He shuts out my prayer. | 8Even when I cry out and plead for help, He rejects my prayer. |
| 9He has blocked my ways with hewn stone; He has made my paths crooked. | 9He has walled in my ways with cut stones; He has made my paths crooked. |
| 10He is to me like a bear lying in wait, Like a lion in secret places. | 10He is a bear waiting in ambush, a lion in hiding. |
| 11He has turned aside my ways and torn me to pieces; He has made me desolate. | 11He forced me off my way and tore me to pieces; He left me desolate. |
| 12He bent His bow And set me as a target for the arrow. | 12He strung His bow and set me as the target for His arrow. |
| 13He made the arrows of His quiver To enter into my inward parts. | 13He pierced my kidneys with His arrows. |
| 14I have become a laughingstock to all my people, Their mocking song all the day. | 14I am a laughingstock to all my people, mocked by their songs all day long. |
| 15He has filled me with bitterness, He has made me drunk with wormwood. | 15He filled me with bitterness, satiated me with wormwood. |
| 16He has broken my teeth with gravel; He has made me cower in the dust. | 16He ground my teeth on gravel and made me cower in the dust. |
| 17My soul has been rejected from peace; I have forgotten happiness. | 17My soul has been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is. |
| 18So I say, "My strength has perished, And so has my hope from the LORD." | 18Then I thought: My future is lost, as well as my hope from the LORD. |
| 19Remember my affliction and my wandering, the wormwood and bitterness. | 19Remember my affliction and my homelessness, the wormwood and the poison. |
| 20Surely my soul remembers And is bowed down within me. | 20I continually remember them and have become depressed. |
| 21This I recall to my mind, Therefore I have hope. | 21Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope: |
| 22The LORD'S lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, For His compassions never fail. | 22Because of the LORD's faithful love we do not perish, for His mercies never end. |
| 23They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. | 23They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness! |
| 24"The LORD is my portion," says my soul, "Therefore I have hope in Him." | 24I say: The LORD is my portion, therefore I will put my hope in Him. |
| 25The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, To the person who seeks Him. | 25The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the person who seeks Him. |
| 26It is good that he waits silently For the salvation of the LORD. | 26It is good to wait quietly for deliverance from the LORD. |
| 27It is good for a man that he should bear The yoke in his youth. | 27It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is still young. |
| 28Let him sit alone and be silent Since He has laid it on him. | 28Let him sit alone and be silent, for God has disciplined him. |
| 29Let him put his mouth in the dust, Perhaps there is hope. | 29Let him put his mouth in the dust-- perhaps there is still hope. |
| 30Let him give his cheek to the smiter, Let him be filled with reproach. | 30Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him; let him be filled with shame. |
| 31For the Lord will not reject forever, | 31For the Lord will not reject us forever. |
| 32For if He causes grief, Then He will have compassion According to His abundant lovingkindness. | 32Even if He causes suffering, He will show compassion according to His abundant, faithful love. |
| 33For He does not afflict willingly Or grieve the sons of men. | 33For He does not enjoy bringing affliction or suffering on mankind. |
| 34To crush under His feet All the prisoners of the land, | 34Crushing all the prisoners of the land beneath one's feet, |
| 35To deprive a man of justice In the presence of the Most High, | 35denying justice to a man in the presence of the Most High, |
| 36To defraud a man in his lawsuit-- Of these things the Lord does not approve. | 36or suppressing a person's lawsuit-- the Lord does not approve of these things. |
| 37Who is there who speaks and it comes to pass, Unless the Lord has commanded it? | 37Who is there who speaks and it happens, unless the Lord has ordained it? |
| 38Is it not from the mouth of the Most High That both good and ill go forth? | 38Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High? |
| 39Why should any living mortal, or any man, Offer complaint in view of his sins? | 39Why should any living person complain, any man, because of the punishment for his sins? |
| 40Let us examine and probe our ways, And let us return to the LORD. | 40Let us search out and examine our ways, and turn back to the LORD. |
| 41We lift up our heart and hands Toward God in heaven; | 41Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven: |
| 42We have transgressed and rebelled, You have not pardoned. | 42We have sinned and rebelled; You have not forgiven. |
| 43You have covered Yourself with anger And pursued us; You have slain and have not spared. | 43You have covered Yourself in anger and pursued us; You have killed without compassion. |
| 44You have covered Yourself with a cloud So that no prayer can pass through. | 44You have covered Yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can pass through. |
| 45You have made us mere offscouring and refuse In the midst of the peoples. | 45You have made us disgusting filth among the peoples. |
| 46All our enemies have opened their mouths against us. | 46All our enemies open their mouths against us. |
| 47Panic and pitfall have befallen us, Devastation and destruction; | 47We have experienced panic and pitfall, devastation and destruction. |
| 48My eyes run down with streams of water Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people. | 48My eyes flow with streams of tears because of the destruction of my dear people. |
| 49My eyes pour down unceasingly, Without stopping, | 49My eyes overflow unceasingly, without end, |
| 50Until the LORD looks down And sees from heaven. | 50until the LORD looks down from heaven and sees. |
| 51My eyes bring pain to my soul Because of all the daughters of my city. | 51My eyes bring me grief because of the fate of all the women in my city. |
| 52My enemies without cause Hunted me down like a bird; | 52For no apparent reason, my enemies hunted me like a bird. |
| 53They have silenced me in the pit And have placed a stone on me. | 53They dropped me alive into a pit and threw stones at me. |
| 54Waters flowed over my head; I said, "I am cut off!" | 54Water flooded over my head, and I thought: I'm going to die! |
| 55I called on Your name, O LORD, Out of the lowest pit. | 55I called on Your name, Yahweh, from the depths of the Pit. |
| 56You have heard my voice, "Do not hide Your ear from my prayer for relief, From my cry for help." | 56You hear my plea: Do not ignore my cry for relief. |
| 57You drew near when I called on You; You said, "Do not fear!" | 57You come near when I call on You; You say: "Do not be afraid." |
| 58O Lord, You have pleaded my soul's cause; You have redeemed my life. | 58You defend my cause, Lord; You redeem my life. |
| 59O LORD, You have seen my oppression; Judge my case. | 59 LORD, You see the wrong done to me; judge my case. |
| 60You have seen all their vengeance, All their schemes against me. | 60You see all their malice, all their plots against me. |
| 61You have heard their reproach, O LORD, All their schemes against me. | 61 LORD, You hear their insults, all their plots against me. |
| 62The lips of my assailants and their whispering Are against me all day long. | 62The slander and murmuring of my opponents attack me all day long. |
| 63Look on their sitting and their rising; I am their mocking song. | 63When they sit and when they rise, look, I am mocked by their songs. |
| 64You will recompense them, O LORD, According to the work of their hands. | 64You will pay them back what they deserve, LORD, according to the work of their hands. |
| 65You will give them hardness of heart, Your curse will be on them. | 65You will give them a heart filled with anguish. May Your curse be on them! |
| 66You will pursue them in anger and destroy them From under the heavens of the LORD! | 66You will pursue them in anger and destroy them under Your heavens. |
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