He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood. {bitterness: Heb. bitternesses}

He hath builded against me, and compassed {me} with gall and travail.

Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, {even} this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.

O remember that my life {is} wind: mine eye shall no more see good. {shall...: Heb. shall not return} {see: to see, that is, to enjoy}

Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?

A Song of degrees. LORD, remember David, {and} all his afflictions:

Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day. {trouble: Heb. weariness} {that...: Heb. that hath found us}

Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; {how} I do bear in my bosom {the reproach of} all the mighty people;

He hath builded against me, and compassed {me} with gall and travail.

A Song of degrees. LORD, remember David, {and} all his afflictions:

And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion {is} an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom {is} from generation to generation:

Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD. {gall: or, poison}

And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.

Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.

For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and {in} the bond of iniquity.

Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land. {profaneness: or, hypocrisy}

Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.

Even to day {is} my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. {stroke: Heb. hand}

Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, {even} this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.

And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.

He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood. {bitterness: Heb. bitternesses}