Self-interpreting Bible

1 I AM the man ^athat hath seen affliction ^bby the rod of his wrath.

• a: Je. 15:10 , Je. 15:17 , Je. 15:18 , Je. 20:7 - 10 , Je. 20:18 , Je. 26:8 - 16 , Je. 36:26 , Je. 37:15 , Je. 38:6
• b: Ps. 2:9

2 He hath led me, and ^cbrought me into ^ddarkness, but not into light.

• c: Is. 5:30
• d: Je. 13:16 , Am. 5:20 , Is. 59:9 , Is. 59:11 , La. 3:53 , La. 3:55 , La. 2:1

3 Surely ^eagainst me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.

• e: Is. 63:10 , Is. 1:25 , Ps. 38:1 , Ps. 38:2 , Ps. 38:6 , Ps. 88:7 , Ps. 88:16 , La. 2:1 - 7

4 ^fMy flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.

• f: Job 16:8 , Ps. 31:10 , Ps. 32:3 , Ps. 51:8 , Is. 38:13 , Je. 50:17 , La. 3:11

5 ^gHe hath builded against me, and ^*compassed me with gall and ^*travail.

• g: La. 3:7 , La. 3:9 , Is. 29:3 , Job 19:12
• *: compassed-surrounded. , travail-labour, distress.

6 ^hHe hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.

• h: La. 3:2 , La. 3:53 , La. 3:54 , Ps. 88:5 , Ps. 88:6 , Ps. 143:3

7 ⁱHe hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my ^jchain heavy.

• i: La. 3:5 , La. 3:9 , Job 19:8 , Job 3:23 , Ho. 2:6 , Ps. 88:8
• j: Is. 49:24 , Is. 49:25 , La. 5:5 , La. 5:14 , Da. 9:12 , La. 1:14

8 Also ^kwhen I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.

• k: La. 3:44 , Job 19:7 , Job 30:20 , Hab. 1:2 , Ps. 80:4 , Ps. 22:2

9 ^lHe hath ^*inclosed my ways with ^*hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.

• l: La. 3:5 , La. 3:7 , La. 3:11 , Ps. 88:8 , Le. 26:27 , Le. 26:28
• *: inclosed-enclosed, surrounded. , hewn-shaped by cutting or chopping.

10 ^mHe was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.

• m: Job 10:16 , Is. 38:13 , Ho. 5:14 , Ho. 6:1 , Ho. 13:7 , Ho. 13:8

11 ⁿHe hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate.

• n: Ho. 6:1 , Je. 21:4 - 7 , Je. 9:11 , Je. 15:2 - 4 , 2Ch. 36:16 , 2Ch. 36:17

12 ^oHe hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.

• o: Job 16:12 , Job 16:13 , Job 7:20 , Job 6:4 , Ps. 38:2 , Mi. 7:9

13 ^pHe hath caused the ¹arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.

• p: Job 6:4
• 1: Heb. sons.

14 ^qI was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.

• q: Je. 20:7 - 10 , Ps. 44:13 , Ps. 79:4 , 1Co. 4:9 , Job 30:9 , Ps. 69:12 , Ps. 69:20 , La. 3:63

15 He hath filled me with ²bitterness, ^rhe hath made me drunken with ^*wormwood.

• 2: Heb. bitternesses.
• r: Job 9:19 , La. 3:19 , Is. 51:17 - 22 , Je. 25:15 , Je. 25:16 , Je. 25:18 , Je. 25:27 , Je. 9:15 , Ps. 60:3 , Ps. 75:8
• *: wormwood-bitter, oil-yielding plant.

16 He hath also ^sbroken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath ³covered me with ashes.

• s: Pr. 20:17 , Mat. 7:9 , Ps. 102:9 , Job 6:7 , Mi. 7:8 - 10
• 3: Or, rolled me in the.

17 And ^tthou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I ^uforgat ⁴prosperity.

• t: Ru. 1:20 , Ru. 1:21 , La. 1:16 , La. 2:2 , La. 2:17 , La. 2:22
• u: Ge. 41:30 , Is. 65:16 , Pr. 31:7
• 4: Heb. good.

18 And I said, ^vMy strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:

• v: Ps. 31:22 , Ps. 116:11 , Eze. 37:11

19 ⁵Remembering ^wmine affliction and my misery, the ^*wormwood and the gall.

• 5: Or, Remember.
• w: La. 1:7 , Je. 9:15 , Da. 9:12
• *: wormwood-bitter, oil-yielding plant.

20 My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is ⁶humbled in me.

• 6: Heb. bowed.

21 ^xThis I ⁷recall to my mind, ⁸therefore ^yhave I hope.

• x: La. 3:22 - 36 , Ps. 130:7 , Ps. 130:8 , Ps. 131:3 , Hab. 2:3
• 7: Heb. make to return to my heart.
• 8: Or, nevertheless, v.24. , La. 3:24
• y: Ps. 77:5

22 ¶^zIt is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

• z: Ge. 32:10 , Ps. 57:10 , Ps. 100:4 , Ps. 103:17 , Psalms 107 , Psalms 136 , Is. 1:9 , Is. 33:2 , Ezr. 9:8 , Ezr. 9:9 , Ezr. 9:15 , Mal. 3:6 , Zep. 3:5 , Job 7:17 , Job 7:18 , Ne. 9:31

23 They are ^anew every morning: great is thy ^bfaithfulness.

• a: Zep. 3:5 , Psalms 136 , Psalms 107 , Job 7:18
• b: Ps. 36:5 , Ps. 89:1 , Ps. 89:2 , He. 10:23 , He. 6:14 - 18 , 1Th. 5:24 , Tit. 1:2

24 The LORD is ^cmy portion, saith my soul; therefore will I ^dhope in him.

• c: Ps. 16:5 , Ps. 73:26 , Ps. 119:57 , Je. 10:16
• d: Ps. 130:7

25 ^eThe LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.

• e: Ps. 40:1 - 5 , Ps. 73:1 , Ps. 103:17 , Ps. 84:11 , Ps. 84:12 , Ps. 130:6 , Mat. 7:7 - 11 , Is. 40:31 , Is. 30:18 , Mi. 7:7 - 9

26 ^fIt is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.

• f: Ps. 130:5 - 8 , Ps. 37:1 - 7 , Ps. 119:165 , Ps. 119:174 , Ge. 49:18

27 ^gIt is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

• g: Mat. 11:29 , Mat. 11:30 , Ps. 94:12 , Ps. 119:71 , He. 12:5 - 12 , Re. 3:19 , Job 33:19 - 29

28 ^hHe sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him.

• h: Je. 15:17 , Ps. 102:7 , Ps. 39:9 , La. 2:10

29 ⁱHe putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.

• i: Job 40:4 , Job 42:5 , Job 42:6 , 2:14 , Zep. 2:3

30 ^jHe giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.

• j: Is. 50:6 , Mi. 5:1 , Mat. 5:39 , Mat. 26:67 , Je. 20:7 - 10

31 ^kFor the Lord will not cast off for ever:

• k: 1Sa. 12:22 , Ps. 94:14 , Is. 54:7 - 10 , Is. 57:15 - 18 , Mi. 7:8 , Mi. 7:9 , Mi. 7:18 , Mi. 7:19 , Je. 31:20

32 But though ^lhe cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.

• l: Ps. 30:5

33 ^mFor he doth not afflict ⁹willingly nor grieve the children of men.

• m: Eze. 18:32 , Eze. 33:11 , Ho. 11:8 , Je. 31:20 , He. 12:9 , He. 12:10
• 9: Heb. from his heart.

34 ⁿTo crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,

• n: Je. 50:17 , Je. 50:33 , Je. 50:34 , Je. 51:33 - 36

35 ^oTo turn aside the right of a man before the face of ¹⁰the most High,

• o: Zec. 1:15 , Zec. 1:16 , Pr. 18:5 , Pr. 17:15 , Ps. 12:5 , De. 32:36 , De. 32:40 - 43
• 10: Or, a superior.

36 To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord ¹¹approveth not.

• 11: Or, seeth not.

37 ¶^pWho is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?

• p: Ps. 33:9 , Pr. 16:9 , Ja. 4:13 , Ja. 4:15

38 ^qOut of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?

• q: Job 1:21 , Job 2:10 , Ps. 75:7 , Is. 45:7 , Am. 3:6

39 Wherefore doth a living man ¹²complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?

• 12: Or, murmur, Pr. 19.3. Re. 16.9,11. 1Co. 10.10. Jude 16. Mi. 7.9. , Pr. 19:3 , Re. 16:9 , Re. 16:11 , 1Co. 10:10 , vs. 16 , Mi. 7:9

40 ^rLet us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.

• r: Ps. 4:4 , Ps. 119:59 , Zep. 2:1 , Hag. 1:5 , Hag. 1:7 , 1Co. 11:28 , 2Co. 13:5

41 ^sLet us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.

• s: Ps. 25:1 , Ps. 86:4 , Ps. 143:8 , Ps. 28:2 , Ps. 63:4 , Ps. 141:2 , Ps. 119:48

42 ^tWe have transgressed and have rebelled: ^uthou hast not pardoned.

• t: Ne. 9:26 , Da. 9:5
• u: Je. 5:7 , Je. 5:9 , Je. 5:29 , Je. 15:4 , 2Ki. 24:4

43 ^vThou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.

• v: La. 2:1 , La. 2:2 , La. 2:17 , La. 2:21 , Ezekiel 5 - 7 , Ezekiel 9 , 2Ch. 36:16 , 2Ch. 36:17

44 Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, ^wthat our prayer should not pass through.

• w: La. 3:8 , Ps. 88:13 , Ps. 88:14 , Ps. 80:4 , Ps. 22:2

45 Thou hast made us as the ^xoffscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.

• x: 1Co. 4:13 , La. 1:17 , La. 2:15 , La. 3:14

46 All our enemies ^yhave opened their mouths against us.

• y: La. 2:16 , La. 2:17 , La. 4:16 , La. 4:17 , Ps. 79:4 , Ps. 44:13 , Ps. 44:14 , Ps. 89:41 , Ps. 89:50

47 ^zFear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction.

• z: Is. 24:17 , Is. 24:18 , Je. 48:43 , Je. 48:44 , Is. 51:19 , Am. 9:1 - 4 , Ezekiel 5 - 7 , Lamentations 1 , Lamentations 2

48 ^aMine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

• a: La. 1:16 , La. 2:11 , La. 2:18 , Ps. 119:136 , Ps. 77:2 , Je. 9:1 , Je. 14:17 , Je. 4:19

49 Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,

50 ^bTill the LORD look down, and behold from heaven.

• b: La. 1:12 , La. 1:20 , La. 2:20 , La. 5:1 , La. 5:21 , Is. 63:15 , Is. 64:1 , Ps. 102:13 - 20 , Ps. 123:2 , Lu. 18:1 - 8 , Is. 62:1 , Is. 62:6 , Is. 62:7

51 Mine eye affecteth ¹³mine heart ¹⁴because of ^call the daughters of my city.

• 13: Heb. my soul.
• 14: Or, more than.
• c: La. 3:48 , Je. 9:1

52 ^dMine enemies chased me ^*sore, ^elike a bird, ^fwithout cause.

• d: Je. 37:16 , Je. 38:6 , Je. 50:7 , Je. 50:17
• *: sore-greatly, exceedingly.
• e: Ps. 11:1
• f: Ps. 35:7 , Ps. 35:19 , Ps. 69:4 , Ps. 109:3 , Ps. 119:161 , Jn. 15:25

53 ^gThey have cut off my life in the dungeon, and ^hcast a stone upon me.

• g: La. 3:6 , Je. 37:16 , Je. 37:20 , Je. 38:6 , Je. 38:9 , Je. 38:10 , Mat. 27:66
• h: Job 12:14 , Da. 6:17

54 ⁱWaters flowed over mine head; ^jthen I said, I am cut off.

• i: Ps. 69:1 , Ps. 69:2 , Ps. 124:4 - 8 , Ps. 18:4 , Ps. 18:5 , Ps. 18:16
• j: Ps. 31:22 , Ps. 88:5 , Is. 38:10 , Is. 38:11 , Eze. 37:11 , La. 3:18 , 2:3 , 2:4 , 2:7

55 ¶^kI called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.

• k: Ps. 130:1 , Ps. 40:1 , Ps. 18:4 - 21 , Ps. 116:1 - 6 , Ps. 142:4 , Ps. 142:5 , La. 3:53 , 2:2 , 2:3

56 ^lThou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my ^mbreathing, at my cry.

• l: Ps. 6:9 , Ps. 18:6 , Ps. 34:6 , Ps. 116:1 , Ps. 116:2 , Is. 37:17 , Ps. 31:2 , Da. 9:18
• m: Ro. 8:26 , Ja. 5:16 , Ps. 130:1 , Ps. 130:2 , Ps. 143:4 , Ps. 143:7 , Ex. 8:15

57 ⁿThou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, ^oFear not.

• n: Ja. 4:8 , Ps. 102:2 , Is. 58:9 , Is. 65:24
• o: Re. 1:17 , Re. 1:18 , Is. 41:10 , Is. 41:14 , Is. 43:1 , Is. 43:2

58 O Lord, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou ^phast redeemed my life.

• p: Ps. 35:1 - 4 , Ps. 43:1 , Ps. 43:2 , Je. 1:8 , Je. 15:11 , Je. 15:20 , Je. 15:21 , Je. 51:36

59 O LORD, thou hast seen ^qmy wrong: ^rjudge thou my cause.

• q: Je. 11:19 , Je. 11:21 , Je. 15:10 , Je. 18:18 , Je. 18:23 , Je. 20:7 - 10 , Jeremiah 26 , Jeremiah 36
• r: Ps. 9:4 , Ps. 43:1 , Ps. 26:1 , Ps. 35:1 , Ps. 35:23

60 Thou hast seen ^sall their vengeance and all their imaginations against me.

• s: Je. 1:18 , Je. 11:19 - 21 , Je. 15:10 , Je. 18:18 , Je. 18:23 , Je. 20:7 - 10 , Jeremiah 26 , Jeremiah 36 - 38 , Is. 37:4 , Ps. 44:10 - 16

61 Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their imaginations against me;

62 The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.

63 Behold their ^tsitting down, and their rising up; I am ^utheir musick.

• t: Ps. 139:2 , De. 6:7
• u: La. 3:14 , Job 30:9 , Ps. 35:15 , Ps. 35:16 , Ps. 69:12 , Ps. 44:14

64 ¶^vRender unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.

• v: Ps. 28:4 , Je. 5:29 , Je. 11:20 , Je. 17:18 , Je. 18:18 - 23 , Je. 50:29 , Je. 51:24 , 2Ti. 4:14

65 ^wGive them ¹⁵sorrow of heart, thy ^xcurse unto them.

• w: Je. 11:20 , 2Ti. 4:14
• 15: Or, obstinacy.
• x: De. 27:15 - 26 , De. 28:16 - 18 , Is. 24:6 , Is. 43:28 , Is. 34:6 , Jeremiah 50 , Jeremiah 51

66 ^yPersecute and destroy them in anger from ^zunder the heavens of the LORD.

• y: Je. 17:18 , Je. 18:20 - 23 , Ps. 137:8 , Ps. 137:9 , Isaiah 13 , Isaiah 14 , Isaiah 21 , Isaiah 47 , Jeremiah 50 , Jeremiah 51
• z: Je. 10:11 , Ps. 8:3 , Ps. 115:16 , Is. 66:1 , De. 25:19