| New International Version | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of the LORD's wrath. | 1I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of God's wrath. |
| 2He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness rather than light; | 2He has driven me away and forced me to walk in darkness instead of light. |
| 3indeed, he has turned his hand against me again and again, all day long. | 3Yes, he repeatedly turns his hand against me all day long. |
| 4He has made my skin and my flesh grow old and has broken my bones. | 4He has worn away my flesh and skin; he has broken my bones. |
| 5He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship. | 5He has laid siege against me, encircling me with bitterness and hardship. |
| 6He has made me dwell in darkness like those long dead. | 6He has made me dwell in darkness like those who have been dead for ages. |
| 7He has walled me in so I cannot escape; he has weighed me down with chains. | 7He has walled me in so I cannot get out; he has weighed me down with chains. |
| 8Even when I call out or cry for help, he shuts out my prayer. | 8Even when I cry out and plead for help, he blocks out my prayer. |
| 9He has barred my way with blocks of stone; he has made my paths crooked. | 9He has walled in my ways with blocks of stone; he has made my paths crooked. |
| 10Like a bear lying in wait, like a lion in hiding, | 10He is a bear waiting in ambush, a lion in hiding. |
| 11he dragged me from the path and mangled me and left me without help. | 11He forced me off my way and tore me to pieces; he left me desolate. |
| 12He drew his bow and made me the target for his arrows. | 12He strung his bow and set me as the target for his arrow. |
| 13He pierced my heart with arrows from his quiver. | 13He pierced my kidneys with shafts from his quiver. |
| 14I became the laughingstock of all my people; they mock me in song all day long. | 14I am a laughingstock to all my people, mocked by their songs all day long. |
| 15He has filled me with bitter herbs and given me gall to drink. | 15He filled me with bitterness, satiated me with wormwood. |
| 16He has broken my teeth with gravel; he has trampled me in the dust. | 16He ground my teeth with gravel and made me cower in the dust. |
| 17I have been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is. | 17I have been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is. |
| 18So I say, "My splendor is gone and all that I had hoped from the LORD." | 18Then I thought, "My future is lost, as well as my hope from the LORD." |
| 19I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall. | 19Remember my affliction and my homelessness, the wormwood and the poison. |
| 20I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me. | 20I continually remember them and have become depressed. |
| 21Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: | 21Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope: |
| 22Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, 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! |
| 24I say to myself, "The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for him." | 24I say, "The LORD is my portion, therefore I will put my hope in him." |
| 25The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him; | 25The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the person who seeks him. |
| 26it is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD. | 26It is good to wait quietly for salvation from the LORD. |
| 27It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is young. | 27It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is still young. |
| 28Let him sit alone in silence, for the LORD has laid it on him. | 28Let him sit alone and be silent, for God has disciplined him. |
| 29Let him bury his face in the dust-- there may yet be hope. | 29Let him put his mouth in the dust--perhaps there is still hope. |
| 30Let him offer his cheek to one who would strike him, and let him be filled with disgrace. | 30Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him; let him be filled with disgrace. |
| 31For no one is cast off by the Lord forever. | 31For the Lord will not reject us forever. |
| 32Though he brings grief, he will show compassion, so great is his unfailing love. | 32Even if he causes suffering, he will show compassion according to the abundance of his faithful love. |
| 33For he does not willingly bring affliction or grief to anyone. | 33For he does not enjoy bringing affliction or suffering on mankind. |
| 34To crush underfoot all prisoners in the land, | 34Crushing all the prisoners of the land beneath one's feet, |
| 35to deny people their rights before the Most High, | 35denying justice to a man in the presence of the Most High, |
| 36to deprive them of justice-- would not the Lord see such things? | 36or subverting a person in his lawsuit--the Lord does not approve of these things. |
| 37Who can speak and have it happen if the Lord has not decreed 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 calamities and good things come? | 38Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High? |
| 39Why should the living complain when punished for their sins? | 39Why should any living person complain, any man, because of the punishment for his sins? |
| 40Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the LORD. | 40Let us examine and probe our ways, and turn back to the LORD. |
| 41Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven, and say: | 41Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven: |
| 42"We have sinned and rebelled and you have not forgiven. | 42"We have sinned and rebelled; you have not forgiven. |
| 43"You have covered yourself with anger and pursued us; you have slain without pity. | 43"You 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 get through. | 44You have covered yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can get through. |
| 45You have made us scum and refuse among the nations. | 45You have made us disgusting filth among the peoples. |
| 46"All our enemies have opened their mouths wide against us. | 46"All our enemies open their mouths against us. |
| 47We have suffered terror and pitfalls, ruin and destruction." | 47We have experienced panic and pitfall, devastation and destruction." |
| 48Streams of tears flow from my eyes because my people are destroyed. | 48My eyes flow with streams of tears because of the destruction of my dear people. |
| 49My eyes will flow unceasingly, without relief, | 49My eyes overflow unceasingly, without end, |
| 50until the LORD looks down from heaven and sees. | 50until the LORD looks down from heaven and sees. |
| 51What I see brings grief to my soul because of all the women of my city. | 51My eyes bring me grief because of the fate of all the women in my city. |
| 52Those who were my enemies without cause hunted me like a bird. | 52For no reason, my enemies hunted me like a bird. |
| 53They tried to end my life in a pit and threw stones at me; | 53They smothered my life in a pit and threw stones on me. |
| 54the waters closed over my head, and I thought I was about to perish. | 54Water flooded over my head, and I thought, "I'm going to die!" |
| 55I called on your name, LORD, from the depths of the pit. | 55I called on your name, LORD, from the depths of the pit. |
| 56You heard my plea: "Do not close your ears to my cry for relief." | 56You heard my plea: Do not ignore my cry for relief. |
| 57You came near when I called you, and you said, "Do not fear." | 57You came near whenever I called you; you said, "Do not be afraid." |
| 58You, Lord, took up my case; you redeemed my life. | 58You championed my cause, Lord; you redeemed my life. |
| 59LORD, you have seen the wrong done to me. Uphold my cause! | 59LORD, you saw the wrong done to me; judge my case. |
| 60You have seen the depth of their vengeance, all their plots against me. | 60You saw all their vengefulness, all their plots against me. |
| 61LORD, you have heard their insults, all their plots against me-- | 61LORD, you heard their insults, all their plots against me. |
| 62what my enemies whisper and mutter against me all day long. | 62The slander and murmuring of my opponents attack me all day long. |
| 63Look at them! Sitting or standing, they mock me in their songs. | 63When they sit and when they rise, look, I am mocked by their songs. |
| 64Pay them back what they deserve, LORD, for what their hands have done. | 64You will pay them back what they deserve, LORD, according to the work of their hands. |
| 65Put a veil over their hearts, and may your curse be on them! | 65You will give them a heart filled with anguish. May your curse be on them! |
| 66Pursue 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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