But now he hath made me weary; ... thou hast made desolate all my family;

God hath delivered me over to the iniquitous man, and hurled me into the hands of the wicked.

I was at rest, but he hath shattered me; he hath taken me by the neck and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

And he hath made me a proverb of the peoples; and I am become one to be spit on in the face.

But the righteous shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall increase in strength.

He hath neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any remaining in the places of his sojourn.

Know now that +God hath overthrown me, and hath surrounded me with his net.

He hath hedged up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths.

He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.

He breaketh me down on every side, and I am gone; and my hope hath he torn up as a tree.

And he hath kindled his anger against me, and hath counted me unto him as one of his enemies.

He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are quite estranged from me.

Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, ye my friends; for the hand of +God hath touched me.

He hath swallowed down riches, but he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly.

For he hath oppressed, hath forsaken the poor; he hath violently taken away a house that he did not build.

And another dieth in bitterness of soul, and hath not tasted good:

Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?

My foot hath held to his steps; his way have I kept, and not turned aside.

For God hath made my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me;

Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he hidden the gloom from me.

How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom, and abundantly declared the thing as it is!

Sheol is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.

He hath traced a fixed circle over the waters, unto the confines of light and darkness.

By his Spirit the heavens are adorned; his hand hath formed the fleeing serpent.

As God liveth, who hath taken away my right, and the Almighty, who hath embittered my soul,

The stones of it are the place of sapphires, and it hath dust of gold.

It is a path no bird of prey knoweth, and the vulture's eye hath not seen it;

Yea, whereto should the strength of their hands profit me, men in whom vigour hath perished?

For he hath loosed my cord and afflicted me; so they cast off the bridle before me.

He hath cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes.

If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot hath hasted to deceit,

If the men of my tent said not, Who shall find one that hath not been satisfied with his meat? --

Now he hath not directed his words against me; and I will not answer him with your speeches. ...

Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; like new flasks, it is ready to burst.

The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.

He will sing before men, and say, I have sinned, and perverted what was right, and it hath not been requited to me;

He hath delivered my soul from going into the pit, and my life shall see the light.

For Job hath said, I am righteous, and God hath taken away my judgment:

For he hath said, It profiteth not a man if he delight himself in God.

Who hath entrusted to him the earth? and who hath disposed the whole world?

For hath he said unto God, I bear chastisement, I will not offend;

Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were not with intelligence.

But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, doth not Job know his great arrogancy?

For Job hath opened his mouth in vanity, and made words abundant without knowledge.

Who hath appointed him his way? or who hath said, Thou hast wrought unrighteousness?

Dost thou know how +God hath disposed them, and how he causeth the lightning of his cloud to flash?

Hath thine understanding compassed the breadths of the earth? Declare if thou knowest it all.

Who hath divided a channel for the rain-flood, and a way for the thunder's flash;

Hath the rain a father? or who begetteth the drops of dew?

Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the mind?

Who hath sent out the wild ass free? and who hath loosed the bands of the onager,

For +God hath deprived her of wisdom, and hath not furnished her with understanding.

Who hath first given to me, that I should repay him? Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.

I will declare the decree: Jehovah hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; I this day have begotten thee.

But know that Jehovah hath set apart the pious man for himself: Jehovah will hear when I call unto him.

For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness; evil shall not sojourn with thee.

Mine eye wasteth away through grief; it hath grown old because of all mine oppressors.

Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for Jehovah hath heard the voice of my weeping.

Jehovah hath heard my supplication; Jehovah receiveth my prayer.

If one turn not, he will sharpen his sword; he hath bent his bow and made it ready,

And he hath prepared for him instruments of death; his arrows hath he made burning.

Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, yea, he hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood:

O enemy! destructions are ended for ever. Thou hast also destroyed cities, even the remembrance of them hath perished.

But Jehovah sitteth for ever; he hath ordained his throne for judgment.

For when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them; the cry of the afflicted ones hath he not forgotten.

Be gracious unto me, O Jehovah; consider mine affliction from them that hate me, lifting me up from the gates of death:

Jehovah is known by the judgment he hath executed: the wicked is ensnared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

He saith in his heart, God hath forgotten, he hideth his face, he will never see it.

Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? He hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.

I will sing unto Jehovah, for he hath dealt bountifully with me.

{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They have corrupted themselves, they have done abominable works: there is none that doeth good.

Jehovah hath rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

And Jehovah hath recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.

And thou didst give me the shield of thy salvation, and thy right hand held me up; and thy condescending gentleness hath made me great.

The God who hath avenged me, and hath subjected the peoples to me;

Who hath delivered me from mine enemies: yea, thou hast lifted me up above them that rose up against me; from the man of violence hast thou delivered me.

Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their language to the extremity of the world. In them hath he set a tent for the sun,

Thy hand shall find out all thine enemies; thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.

For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him: but when he cried unto him, he heard.

They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done it.

He that hath blameless hands and a pure heart; who lifteth not up his soul unto vanity, nor sweareth deceitfully:

Consider mine enemies, for they are many, and they hate me with cruel hatred.

Blessed be Jehovah, for he hath heard the voice of my supplications.

Blessed be Jehovah; for he hath shewn me wondrously his loving-kindness in a strong city.

Many sorrows hath the wicked; but he that confideth in Jehovah, loving-kindness shall encompass him.

Blessed is the nation whose God is Jehovah, the people that he hath chosen for his inheritance!

Evil shall destroy the wicked; and they that hate the righteous shall bear their guilt.

Let destruction come upon him unawares, and let his net which he hath hidden catch himself: for destruction let him fall therein.

Let not them that are wrongfully mine enemies rejoice over me; let them not wink with the eye that hate me without cause.

And they opened their mouth wide against me; they said, Aha! aha! our eye hath seen it.

The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, to do good.

The little that the righteous hath is better than the abundance of many wicked;

My heart throbbeth, my strength hath left me; and the light of mine eyes, it also is no more with me.

But mine enemies are lively, they are strong; and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied:

And he brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock; he hath established my goings:

And he hath put a new song in my mouth, praise unto our God. Many shall see it, and fear, and shall confide in Jehovah.

Blessed is the man that hath made Jehovah his confidence, and turneth not to the proud, and to such as turn aside to lies.

For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I cannot see; they are more than the hairs of my head: and my heart hath failed me.

All that hate me whisper together against me; against me do they devise my hurt.

Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I confided, who did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.