New King James Version

Hebrew Study Bible

1I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of His wrath.

1אֲנִ֤י הַגֶּ֙בֶר֙ רָאָ֣ה עֳנִ֔י בְּשֵׁ֖בֶט עֶבְרָתֽוֹ׃

2He has led me and made me walk In darkness and not in light.

2אוֹתִ֥י נָהַ֛ג וַיֹּלַ֖ךְ חֹ֥שֶׁךְ וְלֹא־ אֽוֹר׃

3Surely He has turned His hand against me Time and time again throughout the day.

3אַ֣ךְ בִּ֥י יָשֻׁ֛ב יַהֲפֹ֥ךְ יָד֖וֹ כָּל־ הַיּֽוֹם׃ ס

4He has aged my flesh and my skin, And broken my bones.

4בִּלָּ֤ה בְשָׂרִי֙ וְעוֹרִ֔י שִׁבַּ֖ר עַצְמוֹתָֽי׃

5He has besieged me And surrounded me with bitterness and woe.

5בָּנָ֥ה עָלַ֛י וַיַּקַּ֖ף רֹ֥אשׁ וּתְלָאָֽה׃

6He has set me in dark places Like the dead of long ago.

6בְּמַחֲשַׁכִּ֥ים הוֹשִׁיבַ֖נִי כְּמֵתֵ֥י עוֹלָֽם׃ ס

7He has hedged me in so that I cannot get out; He has made my chain heavy.

7גָּדַ֧ר בַּעֲדִ֛י וְלֹ֥א אֵצֵ֖א הִכְבִּ֥יד נְחָשְׁתִּֽי׃

8Even when I cry and shout, He shuts out my prayer.

8גַּ֣ם כִּ֤י אֶזְעַק֙ וַאֲשַׁוֵּ֔עַ שָׂתַ֖ם תְּפִלָּתִֽי׃

9He has blocked my ways with hewn stone; He has made my paths crooked.

9גָּדַ֤ר דְּרָכַי֙ בְּגָזִ֔ית נְתִיבֹתַ֖י עִוָּֽה׃ ס

10He has been to me a bear lying in wait, Like a lion in ambush.

10דֹּ֣ב אֹרֵ֥ב הוּא֙ לִ֔י [אריה] (אֲרִ֖י) בְּמִסְתָּרִֽים׃

11He has turned aside my ways and torn me in pieces; He has made me desolate.

11דְּרָכַ֥י סוֹרֵ֛ר וַֽיְפַשְּׁחֵ֖נִי שָׂמַ֥נִי שֹׁמֵֽם׃

12He has bent His bow And set me up as a target for the arrow.

12דָּרַ֤ךְ קַשְׁתוֹ֙‪‬‪‬ וַיַּצִּיבֵ֔נִי כַּמַּטָּרָ֖א לַחֵֽץ׃ ס

13He has caused the arrows of His quiver To pierce my loins.

13הֵבִיא֙ בְּכִלְיוֹתָ֔י בְּנֵ֖י אַשְׁפָּתֽוֹ׃

14I have become the ridicule of all my people— Their taunting song all the day.

14הָיִ֤יתִי שְּׂחֹק֙ לְכָל־ עַמִּ֔י נְגִינָתָ֖ם כָּל־ הַיּֽוֹם׃

15He has filled me with bitterness, He has made me drink wormwood.

15הִשְׂבִּיעַ֥נִי בַמְּרוֹרִ֖ים הִרְוַ֥נִי לַעֲנָֽה׃ ס

16He has also broken my teeth with gravel, And covered me with ashes.

16וַיַּגְרֵ֤ס בֶּֽחָצָץ֙ שִׁנָּ֔י הִכְפִּישַׁ֖נִי בָּאֵֽפֶר׃

17You have moved my soul far from peace; I have forgotten prosperity.

17וַתִּזְנַ֧ח מִשָּׁל֛וֹם נַפְשִׁ֖י נָשִׁ֥יתִי טוֹבָֽה׃

18And I said, “My strength and my hope Have perished from the LORD.”

18וָאֹמַר֙ אָבַ֣ד נִצְחִ֔י וְתוֹחַלְתִּ֖י מֵיְהוָֽה׃ ס

19Remember my affliction and roaming, The wormwood and the gall.

19זְכָר־ עָנְיִ֥י וּמְרוּדִ֖י לַעֲנָ֥ה וָרֹֽאשׁ׃

20My soul still remembers And sinks within me.

20זָכ֣וֹר תִּזְכּ֔וֹר [ותשיח] (וְתָשׁ֥וֹחַ) עָלַ֖י נַפְשִֽׁי׃

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

21זֹ֛את אָשִׁ֥יב אֶל־ לִבִּ֖י עַל־ כֵּ֥ן אוֹחִֽיל׃ ס

22Through the LORD’s mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not.

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

23They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness.

23חֲדָשִׁים֙ לַבְּקָרִ֔ים רַבָּ֖ה אֱמוּנָתֶֽךָ׃

24“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “Therefore I hope in Him!”

24חֶלְקִ֤י יְהוָה֙ אָמְרָ֣ה נַפְשִׁ֔י עַל־ כֵּ֖ן אוֹחִ֥יל לֽוֹ׃ ס

25The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, To the soul who seeks Him.

25ט֤וֹב יְהוָה֙ לְקוָֹ֔ו‪‬‪‬ לְנֶ֖פֶשׁ תִּדְרְשֶֽׁנּוּ׃

26It is good that one should hope and wait quietly For the salvation of the LORD.

26ט֤וֹב וְיָחִיל֙ וְדוּמָ֔ם לִתְשׁוּעַ֖ת יְהוָֽה׃

27It is good for a man to bear The yoke in his youth.

27ט֣וֹב לַגֶּ֔בֶר כִּֽי־ יִשָּׂ֥א עֹ֖ל בִּנְעוּרָֽיו׃ ס

28Let him sit alone and keep silent, Because God has laid it on him;

28יֵשֵׁ֤ב בָּדָד֙ וְיִדֹּ֔ם כִּ֥י נָטַ֖ל עָלָֽיו׃

29Let him put his mouth in the dust— There may yet be hope.

29יִתֵּ֤ן בֶּֽעָפָר֙ פִּ֔יהוּ אוּלַ֖י יֵ֥שׁ תִּקְוָֽה׃

30Let him give his cheek to the one who strikes him, And be full of reproach.

30יִתֵּ֧ן לְמַכֵּ֛הוּ לֶ֖חִי יִשְׂבַּ֥ע בְּחֶרְפָּֽה׃ ס

31For the Lord will not cast off forever.

31כִּ֣י לֹ֥א יִזְנַ֛ח לְעוֹלָ֖ם אֲדֹנָֽי׃

32Though He causes grief, Yet He will show compassion According to the multitude of His mercies.

32כִּ֣י אִם־ הוֹגָ֔ה וְרִחַ֖ם כְּרֹ֥ב [חסדו] (חֲסָדָֽיו׃)

33For He does not afflict willingly, Nor grieve the children of men.

33כִּ֣י לֹ֤א עִנָּה֙ מִלִּבּ֔וֹ וַיַּגֶּ֖ה בְנֵי־ אִֽישׁ׃‪‬‪‬ ס

34To crush under one’s feet All the prisoners of the earth,

34לְדַכֵּא֙ תַּ֣חַת רַגְלָ֔יו כֹּ֖ל אֲסִ֥ירֵי אָֽרֶץ׃

35To turn aside the justice due a man Before the face of the Most High,

35לְהַטּוֹת֙ מִשְׁפַּט־ גָּ֔בֶר נֶ֖גֶד פְּנֵ֥י עֶלְיֽוֹן׃

36Or subvert a man in his cause— The Lord does not approve.

36לְעַוֵּ֤ת אָדָם֙ בְּרִיב֔וֹ אֲדֹנָ֖י לֹ֥א רָאָֽה׃ ס

37Who is he who speaks and it comes to pass, When the Lord has not commanded it?

37מִ֣י זֶ֤ה אָמַר֙ וַתֶּ֔הִי אֲדֹנָ֖י לֹ֥א צִוָּֽה׃

38Is it not from the mouth of the Most High That woe and well-being proceed?

38מִפִּ֤י עֶלְיוֹן֙ לֹ֣א תֵצֵ֔א הָרָע֖וֹת וְהַטּֽוֹב׃

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

39מַה־ יִּתְאוֹנֵן֙ אָדָ֣ם חָ֔י גֶּ֖בֶר עַל־ [חטאו] (חֲטָאָֽיו׃) ס

40Let us search out and examine our ways, And turn back to the LORD;

40נַחְפְּשָׂ֤ה דְרָכֵ֙ינוּ֙ וְֽנַחְקֹ֔רָה וְנָשׁ֖וּבָה עַד־ יְהוָֽה׃

41Let us lift our hearts and hands To God in heaven.

41נִשָּׂ֤א לְבָבֵ֙נוּ֙ אֶל־ כַּפָּ֔יִם אֶל־ אֵ֖ל בַּשָּׁמָֽיִם׃

42We have transgressed and rebelled; You have not pardoned.

42נַ֤חְנוּ פָשַׁ֙עְנוּ֙ וּמָרִ֔ינוּ אַתָּ֖ה לֹ֥א סָלָֽחְתָּ׃ ס

43You have covered Yourself with anger And pursued us; You have slain and not pitied.

43סַכֹּ֤תָה בָאַף֙ וַֽתִּרְדְּפֵ֔נוּ הָרַ֖גְתָּ לֹ֥א חָמָֽלְתָּ׃

44You have covered Yourself with a cloud, That prayer should not pass through.

44סַכּ֤וֹתָה בֶֽעָנָן֙ לָ֔ךְ מֵעֲב֖וֹר תְּפִלָּֽה׃

45You have made us an offscouring and refuse In the midst of the peoples.

45סְחִ֧י וּמָא֛וֹס תְּשִׂימֵ֖נוּ בְּקֶ֥רֶב הָעַמִּֽים׃ ס

46All our enemies Have opened their mouths against us.

46פָּצ֥וּ עָלֵ֛ינוּ פִּיהֶ֖ם כָּל־ אֹיְבֵֽינוּ׃

47Fear and a snare have come upon us, Desolation and destruction.

47פַּ֧חַד וָפַ֛חַת הָ֥יָה לָ֖נוּ הַשֵּׁ֥את וְהַשָּֽׁבֶר׃

48My eyes overflow with rivers of water For the destruction of the daughter of my people.

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

49My eyes flow and do not cease, Without interruption,

49עֵינִ֧י נִגְּרָ֛ה וְלֹ֥א תִדְמֶ֖ה מֵאֵ֥ין הֲפֻגֽוֹת׃

50Till the LORD from heaven Looks down and sees.

50עַד־ יַשְׁקִ֣יף וְיֵ֔רֶא יְהוָ֖ה מִשָּׁמָֽיִם׃

51My eyes bring suffering to my soul Because of all the daughters of my city.

51עֵינִי֙ עֽוֹלְלָ֣ה לְנַפְשִׁ֔י מִכֹּ֖ל בְּנ֥וֹת עִירִֽי׃ ס

52My enemies without cause Hunted me down like a bird.

52צ֥וֹד צָד֛וּנִי כַּצִּפּ֖וֹר אֹיְבַ֥י חִנָּֽם׃

53They silenced my life in the pit And threw stones at me.

53צָֽמְת֤וּ בַבּוֹר֙ חַיָּ֔י וַיַּדּוּ־ אֶ֖בֶן בִּֽי׃

54The waters flowed over my head; I said, “I am cut off!”

54צָֽפוּ־ מַ֥יִם עַל־ רֹאשִׁ֖י אָמַ֥רְתִּי נִגְזָֽרְתִּי׃ ס

55I called on Your name, O LORD, From the lowest pit.

55קָרָ֤אתִי שִׁמְךָ֙ יְהוָ֔ה מִבּ֖וֹר תַּחְתִּיּֽוֹת׃

56You have heard my voice: “Do not hide Your ear From my sighing, from my cry for help.”

56קוֹלִ֖י שָׁמָ֑עְתָּ אַל־ תַּעְלֵ֧ם אָזְנְךָ֛ לְרַוְחָתִ֖י לְשַׁוְעָתִֽי׃

57You drew near on the day I called on You, And said, “Do not fear!”

57קָרַ֙בְתָּ֙ בְּי֣וֹם אֶקְרָאֶ֔ךָּ אָמַ֖רְתָּ אַל־ תִּירָֽא׃ ס

58O Lord, You have pleaded the case for my soul; You have redeemed my life.

58רַ֧בְתָּ אֲדֹנָ֛י רִיבֵ֥י נַפְשִׁ֖י גָּאַ֥לְתָּ חַיָּֽי׃

59O LORD, You have seen how I am wronged; Judge my case.

59רָאִ֤יתָה יְהוָה֙ עַוָּ֣תָתִ֔י שָׁפְטָ֖ה מִשְׁפָּטִֽי׃

60You have seen all their vengeance, All their schemes against me.

60רָאִ֙יתָה֙ כָּל־ נִקְמָתָ֔ם כָּל־ מַחְשְׁבֹתָ֖ם לִֽי׃ ס

61You have heard their reproach, O LORD, All their schemes against me,

61שָׁמַ֤עְתָּ חֶרְפָּתָם֙ יְהוָ֔ה כָּל־ מַחְשְׁבֹתָ֖ם עָלָֽי׃

62The lips of my enemies And their whispering against me all the day.

62שִׂפְתֵ֤י קָמַי֙ וְהֶגְיוֹנָ֔ם עָלַ֖י כָּל־ הַיּֽוֹם׃

63Look at their sitting down and their rising up; I am their taunting song.

63שִׁבְתָּ֤ם וְקִֽימָתָם֙ הַבִּ֔יטָה אֲנִ֖י מַנְגִּינָתָֽם׃ ס

64Repay them, O LORD, According to the work of their hands.

64תָּשִׁ֨יב לָהֶ֥ם גְּמ֛וּל יְהוָ֖ה כְּמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה יְדֵיהֶֽם׃

65Give them a veiled heart; Your curse be upon them!

65תִּתֵּ֤ן לָהֶם֙ מְגִנַּת־ לֵ֔ב תַּאֲלָֽתְךָ֖ לָהֶֽם׃

66In Your anger, Pursue and destroy them From under the heavens of the LORD.

66תִּרְדֹּ֤ף בְּאַף֙ וְתַשְׁמִידֵ֔ם מִתַּ֖חַת שְׁמֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃ פ

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