3:1 I [am] the man [that] hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
3:1 I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of His wrath.

3:2 He hath led me, and brought [me into] darkness, but not [into] light.
3:2 He has led me and made me walk In darkness and not in light.

3:3 Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand [against me] all the day.
3:3 Surely He has turned His hand against me Time and time again throughout the day.

3:4 My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
3:4 He has aged my flesh and my skin, And broken my bones.

3:5 He hath builded against me, and compassed [me] with gall and travail.
3:5 He has besieged me And surrounded me with bitterness and woe.

3:6 He hath set me in dark places, as [they that be] dead of old.
3:6 He has set me in dark places Like the dead of long ago.

3:7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
3:7 He has hedged me in so that I cannot get out; He has made my chain heavy.

3:8 Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
3:8 Even when I cry and shout, He shuts out my prayer.

3:9 He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
3:9 He has blocked my ways with hewn stone; He has made my paths crooked.

3:10 He [was] unto me [as] a bear lying in wait, [and as] a lion in secret places.
3:10 He has been to me a bear lying in wait, Like a lion in ambush.

3:11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.
3:11 He has turned aside my ways and torn me in pieces; He has made me desolate.

3:12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
3:12 He has bent His bow And set me up as a target for the arrow.

3:13 He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
3:13 He has caused the arrows of His quiver To pierce my loins.

3:14 I was a derision to all my people; [and] their song all the day.
3:14 I have become the ridicule of all my people--Their taunting song all the day.

3:15 He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.
3:15 He has filled me with bitterness, He has made me drink wormwood.

3:16 He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
3:16 He has also broken my teeth with gravel, And covered me with ashes.

3:17 And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
3:17 You have moved my soul far from peace; I have forgotten prosperity.

3:18 And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:
3:18 And I said, "My strength and my hope Have perished from the LORD."

3:19 Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
3:19 Remember my affliction and roaming, The wormwood and the gall.

3:20 My soul hath [them] still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
3:20 My soul still remembers And sinks within me.

3:21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
3:21 This I recall to my mind, Therefore I have hope.

3:22 [It is of] the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
3:22 Through the LORD'S mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not.

3:23 [They are] new every morning: great [is] thy faithfulness.
3:23 They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.

3:24 The LORD [is] my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
3:24 "The LORD is my portion," says my soul, "Therefore I hope in Him!"

3:25 The LORD [is] good unto them that wait for him, to the soul [that] seeketh him.
3:25 The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, To the soul who seeks Him.

3:26 [It is] good that [a man] should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
3:26 It is good that one should hope and wait quietly For the salvation of the LORD.

3:27 [It is] good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
3:27 It is good for a man to bear The yoke in his youth.

3:28 He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne [it] upon him.
3:28 Let him sit alone and keep silent, Because God has laid it on him;

3:29 He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
3:29 Let him put his mouth in the dust--There may yet be hope.

3:30 He giveth [his] cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
3:30 Let him give his cheek to the one who strikes him, And be full of reproach.

3:31 For the Lord will not cast off for ever:
3:31 For the Lord will not cast off forever.

3:32 But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
3:32 Though He causes grief, Yet He will show compassion According to the multitude of His mercies.

3:33 For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
3:33 For He does not afflict willingly, Nor grieve the children of men.

3:34 To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
3:34 To crush under one's feet All the prisoners of the earth,

3:35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,
3:35 To turn aside the justice due a man Before the face of the Most High,

3:36 To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
3:36 Or subvert a man in his cause--The Lord does not approve.

3:37 Who [is] he [that] saith, and it cometh to pass, [when] the Lord commandeth [it] not?
3:37 Who is he who speaks and it comes to pass, When the Lord has not commanded it?

3:38 Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
3:38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High That woe and well-being proceed?

3:39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
3:39 Why should a living man complain, A man for the punishment of his sins?

3:40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
3:40 Let us search out and examine our ways, And turn back to the LORD;

3:41 Let us lift up our heart with [our] hands unto God in the heavens.
3:41 Let us lift our hearts and hands To God in heaven.

3:42 We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
3:42 We have transgressed and rebelled; You have not pardoned.

3:43 Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
3:43 You have covered Yourself with anger And pursued us; You have slain and not pitied.

3:44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that [our] prayer should not pass through.
3:44 You have covered Yourself with a cloud, That prayer should not pass through.

3:45 Thou hast made us [as] the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.
3:45 You have made us an offscouring and refuse In the midst of the peoples.

3:46 All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
3:46 All our enemies Have opened their mouths against us.

3:47 Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.
3:47 Fear and a snare have come upon us, Desolation and destruction.

3:48 Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
3:48 My eyes overflow with rivers of water For the destruction of the daughter of my people.

3:49 Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
3:49 My eyes flow and do not cease, Without interruption,

3:50 Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven.
3:50 Till the LORD from heaven Looks down and sees.

3:51 Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.
3:51 My eyes bring suffering to my soul Because of all the daughters of my city.

3:52 Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
3:52 My enemies without cause Hunted me down like a bird.

3:53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
3:53 They silenced my life in the pit And threw stones at me.

3:54 Waters flowed over mine head; [then] I said, I am cut off.
3:54 The waters flowed over my head; I said, "I am cut off!"

3:55 I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
3:55 I called on Your name, O LORD, From the lowest pit.

3:56 Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.
3:56 You have heard my voice: "Do not hide Your ear From my sighing, from my cry for help."

3:57 Thou drewest near in the day [that] I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.
3:57 You drew near on the day I called on You, And said, "Do not fear!"

3:58 O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.
3:58 O Lord, You have pleaded the case for my soul; You have redeemed my life.

3:59 O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
3:59 O LORD, You have seen how I am wronged; Judge my case.

3:60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance [and] all their imaginations against me.
3:60 You have seen all their vengeance, All their schemes against me.

3:61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, [and] all their imaginations against me;
3:61 You have heard their reproach, O LORD, All their schemes against me,

3:62 The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.
3:62 The lips of my enemies And their whispering against me all the day.

3:63 Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I [am] their musick.
3:63 Look at their sitting down and their rising up; I am their taunting song.

3:64 Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
3:64 Repay them, O LORD, According to the work of their hands.

3:65 Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.
3:65 Give them a veiled heart; Your curse be upon them!

3:66 Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD.
3:66 In Your anger, Pursue and destroy them From under the heavens of the LORD.