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I AM the manH1397 that has seenH7200 afflictionH6040 by the rodH7626 of his wrath.H5678
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He has ledH5090 me, and broughtH3212 me into darkness,H2822 but not into light.H216
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SurelyH389 against me is he turned;H7725 he turnsH7725 his handH3027 against me allH3605 the day.H3117
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My fleshH1320 and my skinH5785 has he made old;H1086 he has brokenH7665 my bones.H6106
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He has builtH1129 againstH5921 me, and compassedH5362 me with gallH7219 and travail.H8513
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He has setH3427 me in darkH4285 places, as they that be deadH4191 of old.H5769
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He has hedgedH1443 me about,H1157 that I cannotH3808 getH3318 out: he has made my chainH5178 heavy.H3513
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AlsoH1571 whenH3588 I cryH2199 and shout,H7768 he shutsH5640 out my prayer.H8605
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He has enclosedH1443 my waysH1870 with hewnH1496 stone,H1496 he has made my pathsH5410 crooked.H5753
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He was to me as a bearH1677 lying in wait,H693 and as a lionH738 in secretH4565 places.
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He has turnedH5493 aside my ways,H1870 and pulledH6582 me in pieces: he has madeH7760 me desolate.H8076
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He has bentH1869 his bow,H7198 and setH5324 me as a markH4307 for the arrow.H2671
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He has caused the arrowsH1121 of his quiverH827 to enterH935 into my reins.H3629
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I was a derisionH7814 to allH3605 my people;H5971 and their songH5058 allH3605 the day.H3117
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He has filledH7646 me with bitterness,H4844 he has madeH7760 me drunkenH7301 with wormwood.H3939
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He has also brokenH1638 my teethH8127 with gravelH2687 stones,H2687 he has coveredH3728 me with ashes.H665
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And you have removedH2186 my soulH5315 farH2186 off from peace:H7965 I forgotH5382 prosperity.H2896
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And I said,H559 My strengthH5331 and my hopeH8431 is perishedH6 from the LORD:H3068
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RememberingH2142 my afflictionH6040 and my misery,H4788 the wormwoodH3939 and the gall.H7219
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My soulH5315 has them still in remembrance,H2142 and is humbledH7743 in me.
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ThisH2063 I recallH7725 to my mind,H3820 thereforeH5921 H3651 have I hope.H3176
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It is of the LORD'sH3068 merciesH2617 that we are not consumed,H8552 becauseH3588 his compassionsH7355 failH3615 not.
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They are newH2319 every morning:H1242 greatH7227 is your faithfulness.H530
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The LORDH3068 is my portion,H2506 saidH559 my soul;H5315 thereforeH5921 H3651 will I hopeH3176 in him.
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The LORDH3068 is goodH2896 to them that waitH6960 for him, to the soulH5315 that seeksH1875 him.
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It is goodH2896 that a man should both hopeH2342 and quietly waitH1748 for the salvationH8668 of the LORD.H3068
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It is goodH2896 for a manH1397 that he bearH5375 the yokeH5923 of his youth.H5271
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He sitsH3427 aloneH905 and keeps silence,H1826 becauseH3588 he has borneH5190 it on him.
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He putsH5414 his mouthH6310 in the dust;H6083 ifH194 so be there may be hope.H8615
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He givesH5414 his cheekH3895 to him that smitesH5221 him: he is filledH7646 fullH7646 with reproach.H2781
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For the LORDH136 will not castH2186 off for ever:H5769
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But thoughH518 he cause grief,H3013 yet will he have compassionH7355 according to the multitudeH7230 of his mercies.H2617
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For he does not afflictH6031 willinglyH3820 nor grieveH3013 the childrenH1121 of men.H376
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To crushH1792 underH8478 his feetH7272 allH3605 the prisonersH615 of the earth.H776
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To turnH5186 asideH5186 the rightH4941 of a manH1397 beforeH5048 the faceH6440 of the mostH5945 High,H5945
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To subvertH5791 a manH120 in his cause,H7379 the LORDH136 approvesH7200 not.
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WhoH4310 is he that said,H559 and it comesH1961 to pass, when the LordH136 commandsH6680 it not?
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Out of the mouthH6310 of the mostH5945 HighH5945 proceedsH3318 not evilH7451 and good?H2896
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WhyH4100 does a livingH2416 manH120 complain,H596 a manH1397 for the punishmentH2399 of his sins?H2399
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Let us searchH2664 and tryH2713 our ways,H1870 and turnH7725 againH7725 to the LORD.H3068
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Let us liftH5375 up our heartH3824 with our handsH3709 to GodH410 in the heavens.H8064
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We have transgressedH6586 and have rebelled:H4784 you have not pardoned.H5545
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You have coveredH5526 with anger,H639 and persecutedH7291 us: you have slain,H2026 you have not pitied.H2550
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You have coveredH5526 yourself with a cloud,H6051 that our prayerH8605 should not passH5674 through.
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You have madeH7760 us as the offscouringH5501 and refuseH3973 in the middleH7130 of the people.H5971
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AllH3605 our enemiesH341 have openedH6475 their mouthsH6310 againstH5921 us.
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FearH6343 and a snareH6354 is comeH1961 on us, desolationH7612 and destruction.H7667
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My eyeH5869 runsH3381 down with riversH6388 of waterH4325 for the destructionH7667 of the daughterH1323 of my people.H5971
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My eyeH5869 tricklesH5064 down, and ceasesH1820 not, withoutH369 any intermission.H2014
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TillH5704 the LORDH3068 lookH8259 down, and beholdH7200 from heaven.H8064
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My eyeH5869 affectsH5953 my heartH5315 because of allH3605 the daughtersH1323 of my city.H5892
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My enemiesH341 chasedH6679 me sore, like a bird,H6833 withoutH2600 cause.H2600
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They have cutH6789 off my lifeH2416 in the dungeon,H953 and castH3034 a stoneH68 on me.
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WatersH4325 flowedH6687 overH5921 my head;H7218 then I said,H559 I am cutH1504 off.
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I calledH7121 on your name,H8034 O LORD,H3068 out of the lowH8482 dungeon.H953
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You have heardH8085 my voice:H6963 hideH5956 not your earH241 at my breathing,H7309 at my cry.H7775
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You drew nearH7126 in the dayH3117 that I calledH7121 on you: you said,H559 FearH3372 not.
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O LORD,H136 you have pleadedH7378 the causesH7379 of my soul;H5315 you have redeemedH1350 my life.
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O LORD,H3068 you have seenH7200 my wrong:H5792 judgeH8199 you my cause.H4941
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You have seenH7200 allH3605 their vengeanceH5360 and allH3605 their imaginationsH4284 against me.
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You have heardH8085 their reproach,H2781 O LORD,H3068 and allH3605 their imaginationsH4284 againstH5921 me;
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The lipsH8193 of those that roseH6965 up against me, and their deviceH1902 againstH5921 me allH3605 the day.H3117
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BeholdH5027 their sittingH3427 down, and their risingH7012 up; I am their music.H4485
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RenderH7725 to them a recompense,H1576 O LORD,H3068 according to the workH4639 of their hands.H3027
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GiveH5414 them sorrowH4044 of heart,H3820 your curseH8381 to them.
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PersecuteH7291 and destroyH8045 them in angerH639 from underH8478 the heavensH8064 of the LORD.H3068
