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He has shattered my bones.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"He has worn away my flesh and skin;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He has shattered my bones."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":5,"t":"He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He has besieged me and surrounded me"},{"style":"indent2","t":"with bitterness and hardship."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"He has made me dwell in darkness like those dead for ages.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He has made me dwell in darkness"},{"style":"indent2","t":"like those dead for ages."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"He has walled me in so I cannot escape;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He has weighed me down with chains."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":8,"t":"Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Even when I cry out and plead for help,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He shuts out my prayer."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"He has barred my ways with cut stones; He has made my paths crooked.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He has barred my ways with cut stones;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He has made my paths crooked."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"He is a bear lying in wait,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"a lion hiding in ambush."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":11,"t":"He forced me off my path and tore me to pieces; He left me without help.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He forced me off my path and tore me to pieces;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He left me without help."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He bent His bow"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and set me as the target for His arrow."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"He pierced my kidneys with His arrows.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"He pierced my kidneys"},{"style":"indent2","t":"with His arrows."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":14,"t":"I am a laughingstock to all my people; they mock me in song all day long.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I am a laughingstock to all my people;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they mock me in song all day long."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"He has filled me with bitterness; He has intoxicated me with wormwood.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He has filled me with bitterness;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"He has intoxicated me with wormwood."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":16,"t":"He has ground my teeth with gravel and trampled me in the dust.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"He has ground my teeth with gravel"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and trampled me in the dust."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":17,"t":"My soul has been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"My soul has been deprived of peace;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I have forgotten what prosperity is."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":18,"t":"So I say, “ My strength has perished, along with my hope from the LORD.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"So I say, “ My strength has perished,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"along with my hope from the LORD.”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":19,"t":"Remember my affliction and wandering, the wormwood and the gall.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Remember my affliction and wandering,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the wormwood and the gall."}],"h":"The Prophet’s Hope","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":20,"t":"Surely my soul remembers and is humbled within me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Surely my soul remembers"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and is humbled within me."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":21,"t":"Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope:","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Yet I call this to mind,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and therefore I have hope:"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":22,"t":"Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.","f":["Forms of the Hebrew chesed are translated here and in most cases throughout the Scriptures as loving devotion; the range of meaning includes love, goodness, kindness, faithfulness, and mercy, as well as loyalty to a covenant."],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for His mercies never fail."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":23,"t":"They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They are new every morning;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"great is Your faithfulness!"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":24,"t":"“ The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “ therefore I will hope in Him.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"“ The LORD is my portion,” says my soul,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"“ therefore I will hope in Him.”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":25,"t":"The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"The LORD is good to those who wait for Him,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"to the soul who seeks Him."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":26,"t":"It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"It is good to wait quietly"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for the salvation of the LORD."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":27,"t":"It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is still young.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"It is good for a man to bear the yoke"},{"style":"indent2","t":"while he is still young."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":28,"t":"Let him sit alone in silence, for [the LORD] has laid it upon him.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Let him sit alone in silence,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for [the LORD] has laid it upon him."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":29,"t":"Let him bury his face in the dust — perhaps there is still hope.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Let him bury his face in the dust —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"perhaps there is still hope."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":30,"t":"Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him; let him be filled with reproach.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"let him be filled with reproach."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":31,"t":"For the Lord will not cast us off forever.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"For the Lord will not"},{"style":"indent2","t":"cast us off forever."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":32,"t":"Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion"},{"style":"indent2","t":"according to His abundant loving devotion."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":33,"t":"For He does not willingly afflict or grieve the sons of men.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For He does not willingly afflict"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or grieve the sons of men."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":34,"t":"To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the land,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"To crush underfoot"},{"style":"indent2","t":"all the prisoners of the land,"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":35,"t":"to deny a man justice before the Most High,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"to deny a man justice"},{"style":"indent2","t":"before the Most High,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":36,"t":"to subvert a man in his lawsuit — of these the Lord does not approve.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"to subvert a man in his lawsuit —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"of these the Lord does not approve."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":37,"t":"Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Who has spoken and it came to pass,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"unless the Lord has ordained it?"}],"h":"God’s Justice","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":38,"t":"Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Do not both adversity and good"},{"style":"indent2","t":"come from the mouth of the Most High?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":39,"t":"Why should any mortal man complain, in view of [his] sins?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Why should any mortal man complain,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"in view of [his] sins?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":40,"t":"Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Let us examine and test our ways,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and turn back to the LORD."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":41,"t":"Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven:","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Let us lift up our hearts and hands"},{"style":"indent2","t":"to God in heaven:"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":42,"t":"“ We have sinned and rebelled; You have not forgiven.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"“ We have sinned and rebelled;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"You have not forgiven.”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":43,"t":"You have covered Yourself in anger and pursued us; You have killed without pity.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"You have covered Yourself in anger and pursued us;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"You have killed without pity."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":44,"t":"You have covered Yourself with a cloud that no prayer can pass through.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You have covered Yourself with a cloud"},{"style":"indent2","t":"that no prayer can pass through."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":45,"t":"You have made us scum and refuse among the nations.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You have made us scum and refuse"},{"style":"indent2","t":"among the nations."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":46,"t":"All our enemies open their mouths against us.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"All our enemies"},{"style":"indent2","t":"open their mouths against us."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":47,"t":"Panic and pitfall have come upon us — devastation and destruction.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Panic and pitfall have come upon us —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"devastation and destruction."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":48,"t":"Streams of tears flow from my eyes over the destruction of the daughter of my people.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Streams of tears flow from my eyes"},{"style":"indent2","t":"over the destruction of the daughter of my people."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":49,"t":"My eyes overflow unceasingly, without relief,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"My eyes overflow unceasingly,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"without relief,"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":50,"t":"until the LORD looks down from heaven and sees.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"until the LORD"},{"style":"indent2","t":"looks down from heaven and sees."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":51,"t":"My eyes bring grief to my soul because of all the daughters of my city.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"My eyes bring grief to my soul"},{"style":"indent2","t":"because of all the daughters of my city."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":52,"t":"Without cause my enemies hunted me like a bird.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Without cause my enemies"},{"style":"indent2","t":"hunted me like a bird."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":53,"t":"They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They dropped me alive into a pit"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and cast stones upon me."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":54,"t":"The waters flowed over my head, and I thought I was going to die.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The waters flowed over my head,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and I thought I was going to die."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":55,"t":"I called on Your name, O LORD, out of the depths of the Pit.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"I called on Your name, O LORD,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"out of the depths of the Pit."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":56,"t":"You heard my plea: “ Do not ignore my cry for relief.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You heard my plea:"},{"style":"indent2","t":"“ Do not ignore my cry for relief.”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":57,"t":"You drew near when I called on You; You said,“ Do not be afraid.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You drew near when I called on You;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"You said,“ Do not be afraid.”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":58,"t":"You defend my cause, O Lord; You redeem my life.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"You defend my cause, O Lord;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"You redeem my life."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":59,"t":"You have seen, O LORD, the wrong done to me; vindicate my cause!","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You have seen, O LORD, the wrong done to me;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"vindicate my cause!"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":60,"t":"You have seen all their malice, all their plots against me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You have seen all their malice,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"all their plots against me."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":61,"t":"O LORD, You have heard their insults, all their plots against me —","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"O LORD, You have heard their insults,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"all their plots against me —"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":62,"t":"the slander and murmuring of my assailants against me all day long.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"the slander and murmuring of my assailants"},{"style":"indent2","t":"against me all day long."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":63,"t":"When they sit and when they rise, see how they mock me in song.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"When they sit and when they rise,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"see how they mock me in song."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":64,"t":"You will pay them back what they deserve, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"You will pay them back what they deserve, O LORD,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"according to the work of their hands."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":65,"t":"Put a veil of anguish over their hearts; may Your curse be upon them!","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Put a veil of anguish over their hearts;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"may Your curse be upon them!"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":66,"t":"You will pursue them in anger and exterminate them from under [Your] heavens, O LORD.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You will pursue them in anger and exterminate them"},{"style":"indent2","t":"from under [Your] heavens, O LORD."}],"style":"indent1"}]}