3 א (Alef)

3 I am the man made to suffer from the rod of his fury.

2 He led me and took me into darkness—not light.

3 He certainly turned against me—he put the screws on me all day.

ב (Beyt)

4 He made my skin and my flesh waste away.

He shattered my bones.

5 He built a ramp up against me

and besieged me with bitterness and hardship.

6 He makes me live in darkness

like the dead of long ago.

ג (Gimel)

7 He built a wall around me so I can’t escape.

He made my chains heavy.

8 Even though I call out and cry for help,

he shuts out my prayer.

9 He made roadblocks with large cut stones.

≈He made it difficult to get anywhere.

ד (Dalet)

10 He’s a bear lying in wait for me—

a lion hiding ready to attack.

11 He obstructed my paths and tore me apart.

He’s isolated me.

12 He bent his bow back

and set me up like a target for an arrow.

ה (He)

13 He pierced my kidneys

with the arrows from his quiver.

14 I became a joke to all the people groups—

the one they mocked all day long.

15 He filled me with bitterness.

He stuffed me with bitter herbs.

ו (Vav)

16 He made my teeth grind with gravel.

He made me cower in the dust.

17 Now I can’t find any inner peace.

I’ve forgotten what prosperity is.

18 Then I said, “My endurance has come to an end,

as has my hope in Yahweh.”

ז (Zayin)

19 Remember my suffering and my wanderings,

the wormwood and bitterness.

20 It continually remembers

and my insides turn to butter.

21 I bring that to mind,

therefore I have hope.

ח (Het)

22 Yahweh’s loyal commitment doesn’t cease.

His mercy doesn’t end.

23 His loyal commitment and his mercy are new morning by morning.

He is very faithful.

24 “Yahweh is my portion,” I told myself,

“therefore, I’ll place my hope in him.”

ט (Tet)

25 Yahweh is good to those who depend on him—

to anyone sincerely wanting to follow him.

26 It is good to be silent and wait

for Yahweh to rescue us.

27 It’s good for people to experience hardship while they’re young.

י (Yod)

28 A person should sit alone and stay quiet

when they’ve been disciplined by Yahweh.

29 Let him put his mouth in the dust—

perhaps there’s hope.

30 Let him offer his cheek to the person striking him.

Let him be filled with shame.

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