^19 (A)Remember my affliction and my wanderings,
    ^(B)the wormwood and ^(C)the gall!
²⁰ My soul continually remembers it
    ^(D)and is bowed down within me.
²¹ But this I call to mind,
    and ^(E)therefore I have hope:

^22 (F)The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;^{[a]
    (G)}his mercies never come to an end;
²³ they are new ^(H)every morning;
    ^(I)great is your faithfulness.
^24 (J)“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
    ^(K)“therefore I will hope in him.”

²⁵ The Lord is good to those who ^(L)wait for him,
    to the soul who seeks him.
^26 (M)It is good that one should wait quietly
    for the salvation of the Lord.
^27 (N)It is good for a man that he bear
    the yoke ^(O)in his youth.

²⁸ Let him ^(P)sit alone in silence
    when it is laid on him;
^29 (Q)let him put his mouth in the dust—
    there may yet be hope;
^30 (R)let him give his cheek to the one who strikes,
    and let him be filled with insults.

^31 (S)For the Lord will not
    cast off forever,
³² but, though he ^(T)cause grief, ^(U)he will have compassion
    ^(V)according to the abundance of his steadfast love;
^33 (W)for he does not afflict from his heart
    or ^(X)grieve the children of men.

³⁴ To crush underfoot
    all ^(Y)the prisoners of the earth,
^35 (Z)to deny a man justice
    in the presence of the Most High,
³⁶ to subvert a man in his lawsuit,
    ^(AA)the Lord does not approve.

^37 (AB)Who has spoken and it came to pass,
    unless the Lord has commanded it?
^38 (AC)Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
    that good and bad come?
^39 (AD)Why should a living man complain,
    a man, about the punishment of his sins?

⁴⁰ Let us test and examine our ways,
    ^(AE)and return to the Lord!
^41 (AF)Let us lift up our hearts and hands
    to God in heaven:
^42 (AG)“We have transgressed and ^(AH)rebelled,
    and you have not forgiven.

⁴³ “You have wrapped yourself with anger and pursued us,
    ^(AI)killing without pity;
^44 (AJ)you have wrapped yourself with a cloud
    so that no prayer can pass through.
^45 (AK)You have made us scum and garbage
    among the peoples.

^46 (AL)“All our enemies
    open their mouths against us;
^47 (AM)panic and pitfall have come upon us,
    devastation and ^(AN)destruction;
^48 (AO)my eyes flow with rivers of tears
    because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.

^49 (AP)“My eyes will flow without ceasing,
    without respite,
^50 (AQ)until the Lord from heaven
    looks down and sees;
⁵¹ my eyes cause me grief
    at the fate of all the daughters of my city.

^52 (AR)“I have been hunted ^(AS)like a bird
    by those who were my enemies ^(AT)without cause;
^53 (AU)they flung me alive into the pit
    ^(AV)and cast stones on me;
^54 (AW)water closed over my head;
    I said, ^(AX)‘I am lost.’

^55 (AY)“I called on your name, O Lord,
    from the depths of the pit;
^56 (AZ)you heard my plea, ‘Do not close
    your ear to my cry for help!’
^57 (BA)You came near when I called on you;
    you said, ^(BB)‘Do not fear!’

⁵⁸ “You have ^(BC)taken up my cause, ^(BD)O Lord;
    you have ^(BE)redeemed my life.
⁵⁹ You have seen the wrong done to me, ^(BF)O Lord;
    judge my cause.
⁶⁰ You have seen all their vengeance,
    all ^(BG)their plots against me.

^61 (BH)“You have heard their taunts, O Lord,
    all ^(BI)their plots against me.
⁶² The lips and thoughts ^(BJ)of my assailants
    are against me all the day long.
^63 (BK)Behold their sitting and their rising;
    ^(BL)I am the object of their taunts.

^64 (BM)“You will repay them,^[b] O Lord,
    ^(BN)according to the work of their hands.
⁶⁵ You will give them^[c] dullness of heart;
    your curse will be^[d] on them.
⁶⁶ You will pursue them^[e] in anger and ^(BO)destroy them
    from under ^(BP)your heavens, O Lord.”^[f]

³ Jerusalem—^(C)built as a city
    that is ^(D)bound firmly together,
⁴ to which the tribes ^(E)go up,
    the tribes of the Lord,
as was ^(F)decreed for^[a] Israel,
    to give thanks to the name of the Lord.
⁵ There ^(G)thrones for judgment were set,
    the thrones of the house of David.