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He drew his bow and made me the target for his arrows.
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I became the laughingstock of all my people; they mock me in song all day long.
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He has filled me with bitter herbs and given me gall to drink.
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He has broken my teeth with gravel; he has trampled me in the dust.
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I have been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is.
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I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall.
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Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope:
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Because of the class="small-caps" >Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail.
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They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
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It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is young.
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Let him bury his face in the dust— there may yet be hope.
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Let him offer his cheek to one who would strike him, and let him be filled with disgrace.
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For no one is cast off by the Lord forever.
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Though he brings grief, he will show compassion, so great is his unfailing love.
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For he does not willingly bring affliction or grief to anyone.
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To crush underfoot all prisoners in the land,
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to deny people their rights before the Most High,
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Who can speak and have it happen if the Lord has not decreed it?
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Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that both calamities and good things come?
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Why should the living complain when punished for their sins?
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Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the class="small-caps" >Lord.
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“You have covered yourself with anger and pursued us; you have slain without pity.
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You have covered yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can get through.
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“All our enemies have opened their mouths wide against us.
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Streams of tears flow from my eyes because my people are destroyed.
