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2.22 :Those that I have dandled and brought up
 * Hath mine enemy consumed.'


 * א
 * I am the man that hath seen affliction
 * By the rod of His wrath.
 * He hath led me and caused me to walk
 * In darkness and not in light.
 * Surely against me He turneth His hand
 * Again and again all the day.
 * ב
 * My flesh and my skin hath He worn out;
 * He hath broken my bones.
 * He hath builded against me, and compassed me
 * With gall and travail.
 * He hath made me to dwell in dark places,
 * As those that have been long dead.
 * ג
 * He hath hedged me about, that I cannot go forth;
 * He hath made my chain heavy.
 * Yea, when I cry and call for help,
 * He shutteth out my prayer.
 * He hath enclosed my ways with hewn stone,
 * He hath made my paths crooked.
 * ד
 * He is unto me as a bear lying in wait,
 * As a lion in secret places.
 * He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces;
 * He hath made me desolate.
 * He hath bent His bow, and set me
 * As a mark for the arrow.
 * ה
 * He hath caused the arrows of His quiver
 * To enter into my reins.
 * I am become a derision to all my people,
 * And their song all the day.
 * He hath filled me with bitterness,
 * He hath sated me with wormwood.
 * ו
 * He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones,
 * He hath made me to wallow in ashes.
 * And my soul is removed far off from peace,
 * I forgot prosperity.
 * And I said: 'My strength is perished,
 * And mine expectation from the .'
 * ז
 * Remember mine affliction and mine anguish,
 * The wormwood and the gall.
 * My soul hath them still in remembrance,
 * And is bowed down within me.
 * This I recall to my mind,
 * Therefore have I hope.
 * ח
 * Surely the mercies are not consumed,
 * Surely His compassions fail not.
 * They are new every morning;
 * Great is Thy faithfulness.
 * 'The is my portion', saith my soul;
 * 'Therefore will I hope in Him.'
 * ט
 * The is good unto them that wait for Him,
 * To the soul that seeketh Him.
 * It is good that a man should quietly wait
 * For the salvation of the.
 * It is good for a man that he bear
 * The yoke in his youth.
 * י
 * Let him sit alone and keep silence,
 * Because He hath laid it upon him.
 * Let him put his mouth in the dust,