Apr 13, 2019
3 [a]I
am the man who has seen affliction
by the rod of the Lord’s wrath.
2 He has driven me away and made me
walk
in darkness rather than
light;
3 indeed, he has turned his hand against
me
again and again, all day long.
4 He has made my
skin and my flesh grow old
and has broken my bones.
5 He has besieged me and surrounded
me
with bitterness and hardship.
6 He has made me dwell in darkness
like those long dead.
7 He has walled me
in so I cannot escape;
he has weighed me down with
chains.
8 Even when I call out or cry for
help,
he shuts out my prayer.
9 He has barred my way with blocks of
stone;
he has made my paths crooked.
19 I remember my
affliction and my wandering,
the bitterness and the gall.
20 I well remember them,
and my soul is downcast within
me.
21 Yet this I call to mind
and therefore I have hope:
22 Because of
the Lord’s great love we
are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.
23 They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
24 I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion;
therefore I will wait for him.”