KJV ¹ I AM the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.

VULC ¹ [Ego vir videns paupertatem meam
in virga indignationis ejus.

KJV ² He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.

VULC ² Me minavit, et adduxit in tenebras,
et non in lucem.

KJV ³ Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.

VULC ³ Tantum in me vertit et convertit
manum suam tota die.

KJV ⁴ My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.

VULC ⁴ Vetustam fecit pellem meam et carnem meam ;
contrivit ossa mea.

KJV ⁵ He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.

VULC ⁵ Ædificavit in gyro meo, et circumdedit me
felle et labore.

KJV ⁶ He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.

VULC ⁶ In tenebrosis collocavit me,
quasi mortuos sempiternos.

KJV ⁷ He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.

VULC ⁷ Circumædificavit adversum me, ut non egrediar ;
aggravavit compedem meum.

KJV ⁸ Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.

VULC ⁸ Sed et cum clamavero, et rogavero,
exclusit orationem meam.

KJV ⁹ He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.

VULC ⁹ Conclusit vias meas lapidibus quadris ;
semitas meas subvertit.

KJV ¹⁰ He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.

VULC ¹⁰ Ursus insidians factus est mihi,
leo in absconditis.

KJV ¹¹ He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.

VULC ¹¹ Semitas meas subvertit, et confregit me ;
posuit me desolatam.

KJV ¹² He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

VULC ¹² Tetendit arcum suum, et posuit me
quasi signum ad sagittam.

KJV ¹³ He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.

VULC ¹³ Misit in renibus meis
filias pharetræ suæ.

KJV ¹⁴ I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.

VULC ¹⁴ Factus sum in derisum omni populo meo,
canticum eorum tota die.

KJV ¹⁵ He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.

VULC ¹⁵ Replevit me amaritudinibus ;
inebriavit me absinthio.

KJV ¹⁶ He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.

VULC ¹⁶ Et fregit ad numerum dentes meos ;
cibavit me cinere.

KJV ¹⁷ And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.

VULC ¹⁷ Et repulsa est a pace anima mea ;
oblitus sum bonorum.

KJV ¹⁸ And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:

VULC ¹⁸ Et dixi : Periit finis meus,
et spes mea a Domino.

KJV ¹⁹ Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.

VULC ¹⁹ Recordare paupertatis, et transgressionis meæ,
absinthii et fellis.

KJV ²⁰ My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.

VULC ²⁰ Memoria memor ero, et tabescet
in me anima mea.

KJV ²¹ This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.

VULC ²¹ Hæc recolens in corde meo,
ideo sperabo.

KJV ²² It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

VULC ²² Misericordiæ Domini, quia non sumus consumpti ;
quia non defecerunt miserationes ejus.

KJV ²³ They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.

VULC ²³ Novi diluculo,
multa est fides tua.

KJV ²⁴ The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

VULC ²⁴ Pars mea Dominus, dixit anima mea ;
propterea exspectabo eum.

KJV ²⁵ The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.

VULC ²⁵ Bonus est Dominus sperantibus in eum,
animæ quærenti illum.

KJV ²⁶ It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.

VULC ²⁶ Bonum est præstolari cum silentio
salutare Dei.

KJV ²⁷ It is good for a man that he bear the yoke of his youth.

VULC ²⁷ Bonum est viro cum portaverit jugum
ab adolescentia sua.

KJV ²⁸ He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.

VULC ²⁸ Sedebit solitarius, et tacebit,
quia levavit super se.

KJV ²⁹ He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.

VULC ²⁹ Ponet in pulvere os suum,
si forte sit spes.

KJV ³⁰ He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.

VULC ³⁰ Dabit percutienti se maxillam :
saturabitur opprobriis.

KJV ³¹ For the LORD will not cast off for ever:

VULC ³¹ Quia non repellet
in sempiternum Dominus.

KJV ³² But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.

VULC ³² Quia si abjecit, et miserebitur,
secundum multitudinem misericordiarum suarum.

KJV ³³ For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.

VULC ³³ Non enim humiliavit ex corde suo
et abjecit filios hominum.

KJV ³⁴ To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth.

VULC ³⁴ Ut conteret sub pedibus suis
omnes vinctos terræ.

KJV ³⁵ To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,

VULC ³⁵ Ut declinaret judicium viri
in conspectu vultus Altissimi.

KJV ³⁶ To subvert a man in his cause, the LORD approveth not.

VULC ³⁶ Ut perverteret hominem in judicio suo ;
Dominus ignoravit.

KJV ³⁷ Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?

VULC ³⁷ Quis est iste qui dixit ut fieret,
Domino non jubente ?

KJV ³⁸ Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?

VULC ³⁸ Ex ore Altissimi non egredientur
nec mala nec bona ?

KJV ³⁹ Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?

VULC ³⁹ Quid murmuravit homo vivens,
vir pro peccatis suis ?

KJV ⁴⁰ Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.

VULC ⁴⁰ Scrutemur vias nostras, et quæramus,
et revertamur ad Dominum.

KJV ⁴¹ Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.

VULC ⁴¹ Levemus corda nostra cum manibus
ad Dominum in cælos.

KJV ⁴² We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.

VULC ⁴² Nos inique egimus, et ad iracundiam provocavimus ;
idcirco tu inexorabilis es.

KJV ⁴³ Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.

VULC ⁴³ Operuisti in furore, et percussisti nos ;
occidisti, nec pepercisti.

KJV ⁴⁴ Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.

VULC ⁴⁴ Opposuisti nubem tibi,
ne transeat oratio.

KJV ⁴⁵ Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.

VULC ⁴⁵ Eradicationem et abjectionem posuisti me
in medio populorum.

KJV ⁴⁶ All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.

VULC ⁴⁶ Aperuerunt super nos os suum
omnes inimici.

KJV ⁴⁷ Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.

VULC ⁴⁷ Formido et laqueus facta est nobis
vaticinatio, et contritio.

KJV ⁴⁸ Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

VULC ⁴⁸ Divisiones aquarum deduxit oculus meus,
in contritione filiæ populi mei.

KJV ⁴⁹ Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission.

VULC ⁴⁹ Oculus meus afflictus est, nec tacuit,
eo quod non esset requies.

KJV ⁵⁰ Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven.

VULC ⁵⁰ Donec respiceret et videret
Dominus de cælis.

KJV ⁵¹ Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city.

VULC ⁵¹ Oculus meus deprædatus est animam meam
in cunctis filiabus urbis meæ.

KJV ⁵² Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.

VULC ⁵² Venatione ceperunt me quasi avem
inimici mei gratis.

KJV ⁵³ They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.

VULC ⁵³ Lapsa est in lacum vita mea,
et posuerunt lapidem super me.

KJV ⁵⁴ Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.

VULC ⁵⁴ Inundaverunt aquæ super caput meum ;
dixi : Perii.

KJV ⁵⁵ I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.

VULC ⁵⁵ Invocavi nomen tuum, Domine,
de lacu novissimo.

KJV ⁵⁶ Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry.

VULC ⁵⁶ Vocem meam audisti ; ne avertas aurem tuam
a singultu meo et clamoribus.

KJV ⁵⁷ Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not.

VULC ⁵⁷ Appropinquasti in die quando invocavi te ;
dixisti : Ne timeas.

KJV ⁵⁸ O LORD, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life.

VULC ⁵⁸ Judicasti, Domine, causam animæ meæ,
redemptor vitæ meæ.

KJV ⁵⁹ O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.

VULC ⁵⁹ Vidisti, Domine, iniquitatem illorum adversum me :
judica judicium meum.

KJV ⁶⁰ Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me.

VULC ⁶⁰ Vidisti omnem furorem,
universas cogitationes eorum adversum me.

KJV ⁶¹ Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their imaginations against me;

VULC ⁶¹ Audisti opprobrium eorum, Domine,
omnes cogitationes eorum adversum me.

KJV ⁶² The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.

VULC ⁶² Labia insurgentium mihi, et meditationes eorum
adversum me tota die.

KJV ⁶³ Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick.

VULC ⁶³ Sessionem eorum et resurrectionem eorum vide ;
ego sum psalmus eorum.

KJV ⁶⁴ Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.

VULC ⁶⁴ Reddes eis vicem, Domine,
juxta opera manuum suarum.

KJV ⁶⁵ Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them.

VULC ⁶⁵ Dabis eis scutum cordis,
laborem tuum.

KJV ⁶⁶ Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD.

VULC ⁶⁶ Persequeris in furore, et conteres eos
sub cælis, Domine.]