For all the day long I have been stricken, and chastened every morning.
thou dost renew thy witnesses against me, and increase thy vexation toward me; thou dost bring fresh hosts against me.
Does it seem good to thee to oppress, to despise the work of thy hands and favor the designs of the wicked?
dost visit him every morning, and test him every moment?
Many are the afflictions of the righteous; but the Lord delivers him out of them all.
Blessed is the man whom thou dost chasten, O Lord, and whom thou dost teach out of thy law
Why is my pain unceasing, my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? Wilt thou be to me like a deceitful brook, like waters that fail?
“You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
And have you forgotten the exhortation which addresses you as sons?— “My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor lose courage when you are punished by him.
In this you rejoice, though now for a little while you may have to suffer various trials,