¹⁹ I remember my affliction and my wandering,
    the bitterness^(A) and the gall.^(B)
20 I well remember them,
    and my soul is downcast^(C) within me.^(D)
21 Yet this I call to mind
    and therefore I have hope:

²² Because of the Lord’s great love^(E) we are not consumed,^(F)
    for his compassions never fail.^(G)
23 They are new every morning;
    great is your faithfulness.^(H)
24 I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion;^(I)
    therefore I will wait for him.”

²⁵ The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him,
    to the one who seeks him;^(J)
26 it is good to wait quietly^(K)
    for the salvation of the Lord.^(L)
27 It is good for a man to bear the yoke
    while he is young.

²⁸ Let him sit alone in silence,^(M)
    for the Lord has laid it on him.
²⁹ Let him bury his face in the dust^(N)—
    there may yet be hope.^(O)
30 Let him offer his cheek to one who would strike him,^(P)
    and let him be filled with disgrace.^(Q)

³¹ For no one is cast off
    by the Lord forever.^(R)
32 Though he brings grief, he will show compassion,
    so great is his unfailing love.^(S)
33 For he does not willingly bring affliction
    or grief to anyone.^(T)

³⁴ To crush underfoot
    all prisoners in the land,
³⁵ to deny people their rights
    before the Most High,^(U)
36 to deprive them of justice—
    would not the Lord see such things?^(V)

³⁷ Who can speak and have it happen
    if the Lord has not decreed it?^(W)
38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
    that both calamities and good things come?^(X)
39 Why should the living complain
    when punished for their sins?^(Y)

⁴⁰ Let us examine our ways and test them,^(Z)
    and let us return to the Lord.^(AA)
41 Let us lift up our hearts and our hands
    to God in heaven,^(AB) and say:
⁴² “We have sinned and rebelled^(AC)
    and you have not forgiven.^(AD)

⁴³ “You have covered yourself with anger and pursued^(AE) us;
    you have slain without pity.^(AF)
44 You have covered yourself with a cloud^(AG)
    so that no prayer^(AH) can get through.^(AI)
45 You have made us scum^(AJ) and refuse
    among the nations.

⁴⁶ “All our enemies have opened their mouths
    wide^(AK) against us.^(AL)
47 We have suffered terror and pitfalls,^(AM)
    ruin and destruction.^(AN)”
⁴⁸ Streams of tears^(AO) flow from my eyes^(AP)
    because my people are destroyed.^(AQ)

⁴⁹ My eyes will flow unceasingly,
    without relief,^(AR)
50 until the Lord looks down
    from heaven and sees.^(AS)
51 What I see brings grief to my soul
    because of all the women of my city.

⁵² Those who were my enemies without cause
    hunted me like a bird.^(AT)
53 They tried to end my life in a pit^(AU)
    and threw stones at me;
⁵⁴ the waters closed over my head,^(AV)
    and I thought I was about to perish.^(AW)

⁵⁵ I called on your name, Lord,
    from the depths^(AX) of the pit.^(AY)
56 You heard my plea:^(AZ) “Do not close your ears
    to my cry for relief.”
⁵⁷ You came near^(BA) when I called you,
    and you said, “Do not fear.”^(BB)

⁵⁸ You, Lord, took up my case;^(BC)
    you redeemed my life.^(BD)
59 Lord, you have seen the wrong done to me.^(BE)
    Uphold my cause!^(BF)
60 You have seen the depth of their vengeance,
    all their plots against me.^(BG)

⁶¹ Lord, you have heard their insults,^(BH)
    all their plots against me—
⁶² what my enemies whisper and mutter
    against me all day long.^(BI)
63 Look at them! Sitting or standing,
    they mock me in their songs.^(BJ)

⁶⁴ Pay them back what they deserve, Lord,
    for what their hands have done.^(BK)
65 Put a veil over their hearts,^(BL)
    and may your curse be on them!
⁶⁶ Pursue^(BM) them in anger and destroy them
    from under the heavens of the Lord.