Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: {yet} surely my judgment {is} with the LORD, and my work with my God. {my work: or, my reward}

And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?

But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.

{As} God liveth, {who} hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, {who} hath vexed my soul; {vexed...: Heb. made my soul bitter}

For he performeth {the thing that is} appointed for me: and many such {things are} with him.

And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: {there is} nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand. {perish: Heb. be consumed}

And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?

But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.

{Why is light given} to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?

I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls {to him} in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.

{As} God liveth, {who} hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, {who} hath vexed my soul; {vexed...: Heb. made my soul bitter}

Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.

Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.

Wherefore hidest thou thy face, {and} forgettest our affliction and our oppression?