Berean Standard Bible

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1. 1 I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of God’s wrath.
2. 2 He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness instead of light.
3. 3 Indeed, He keeps turning His hand against me all day long.
4. 4 He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones.
5. 5 He has besieged me and surrounded me with bitterness and hardship.
6. 6 He has made me dwell in darkness like those dead for ages.
7. 7 He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.
8. 8 Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.
9. 9 He has barred my ways with cut stones; He has made my paths crooked.
10. 10 He is a bear lying in wait, a lion hiding in ambush.
11. 11 He forced me off my path and tore me to pieces; He left me without help.
12. 12 He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow.
13. 13 He pierced my kidneys with His arrows.
14. 14 I am a laughingstock to all my people; they mock me in song all day long.
15. 15 He has filled me with bitterness; He has intoxicated me with wormwood.
16. 16 He has ground my teeth with gravel and trampled me in the dust.
17. 17 My soul has been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is.
18. 18 So I say, “My strength has perished, along with my hope from Yahweh.” ? BSB transformation LORD -> Yahweh Before So I say, “My strength has perished, along with my hope from the LORD.” After So I say, “My strength has perished, along with my hope from Yahweh.”
19. 19 Remember my affliction and wandering, the wormwood and the gall.
20. 20 Surely my soul remembers and is humbled within me.
21. 21 Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope:
22. 22 Because of the loving devotion of Yahweh we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail. ? BSB transformation LORD -> Yahweh Before Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail. After Because of the loving devotion of Yahweh we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.
23. 23 They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!
24. 24 “Yahweh is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.” ? BSB transformation LORD -> Yahweh Before “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.” After “Yahweh is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.”
25. 25 Yahweh is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him. ? BSB transformation LORD -> Yahweh Before The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him. After Yahweh is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.
26. 26 It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of Yahweh. ? BSB transformation LORD -> Yahweh Before It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD. After It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of Yahweh. MORE
27. 27 It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is still young. MORE
28. 28 Let him sit alone in silence, for Yahweh has laid it upon him. ? BSB transformation LORD -> Yahweh Before Let him sit alone in silence, for the LORD has laid it upon him. After Let him sit alone in silence, for Yahweh has laid it upon him. MORE
29. 29 Let him bury his face in the dust—perhaps there is still hope. MORE
30. 30 Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him; let him be filled with reproach. MORE
31. 31 For the Lord will not cast us off forever. MORE
32. 32 Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion.
33. 33 For He does not willingly afflict or grieve the sons of men.
34. 34 To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the land,
35. 35 to deny a man justice before the Most High,
36. 36 to subvert a man in his lawsuit—of these the Lord does not approve.
37. 37 Who has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it? MORE
38. 38 Do not both adversity and good come from the mouth of the Most High? MORE
39. 39 Why should any mortal man complain, in view of his sins? MORE
40. 40 Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to Yahweh. ? BSB transformation LORD -> Yahweh Before Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD. After Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to Yahweh.
41. 41 Let us lift up our hearts and hands to God in heaven:
42. 42 “We have sinned and rebelled; You have not forgiven.”
43. 43 You have covered Yourself in anger and pursued us; You have killed without pity.
44. 44 You have covered Yourself with a cloud that no prayer can pass through.
45. 45 You have made us scum and refuse among the nations.
46. 46 All our enemies open their mouths against us.
47. 47 Panic and pitfall have come upon us—devastation and destruction.
48. 48 Streams of tears flow from my eyes over the destruction of the daughter of my people.
49. 49 My eyes overflow unceasingly, without relief,
50. 50 until Yahweh looks down from heaven and sees. ? BSB transformation LORD -> Yahweh Before until the LORD looks down from heaven and sees. After until Yahweh looks down from heaven and sees.
51. 51 My eyes bring grief to my soul because of all the daughters of my city.
52. 52 Without cause my enemies hunted me like a bird.
53. 53 They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me.
54. 54 The waters flowed over my head, and I thought I was going to die.
55. 55 I called on Your name, O Yahweh, out of the depths of the Pit. ? BSB transformation LORD -> Yahweh Before I called on Your name, O LORD, out of the depths of the Pit. After I called on Your name, O Yahweh, out of the depths of the Pit.
56. 56 You heard my plea: “Do not ignore my cry for relief.”
57. 57 You drew near when I called on You; You said, “Do not be afraid.”
58. 58 You defend my cause, O Lord; You redeem my life.
59. 59 You have seen, O Yahweh, the wrong done to me; vindicate my cause! ? BSB transformation LORD -> Yahweh Before You have seen, O LORD, the wrong done to me; vindicate my cause! After You have seen, O Yahweh, the wrong done to me; vindicate my cause!
60. 60 You have seen all their malice, all their plots against me.
61. 61 O Yahweh, You have heard their insults, all their plots against me— ? BSB transformation LORD -> Yahweh Before O LORD, You have heard their insults, all their plots against me— After O Yahweh, You have heard their insults, all their plots against me—
62. 62 the slander and murmuring of my assailants against me all day long.
63. 63 When they sit and when they rise, see how they mock me in song.
64. 64 You will pay them back what they deserve, O Yahweh, according to the work of their hands. ? BSB transformation LORD -> Yahweh Before You will pay them back what they deserve, O LORD, according to the work of their hands. After You will pay them back what they deserve, O Yahweh, according to the work of their hands.
65. 65 Put a veil of anguish over their hearts; may Your curse be upon them!
66. 66 You will pursue them in anger and exterminate them from under Your heavens, O Yahweh. ? BSB transformation LORD -> Yahweh Before You will pursue them in anger and exterminate them from under Your heavens, O LORD. After You will pursue them in anger and exterminate them from under Your heavens, O Yahweh.