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1 Eu sou o homem que viu a aflição causada pela vara do seu furor.

2 Ele me guiou e me fez andar em trevas e não na luz.

3 Deveras fez virar e revirar a sua mão contra mim o dia todo.

4 Fez envelhecer a minha carne e a minha pele; quebrou-me os ossos.

5 Levantou trincheiras contra mim, e me cercou de fel e trabalho.

6 Fez-me habitar em lugares tenebrosos, como os que estavam mortos há muito.

7 Cercou-me de uma sebe de modo que não posso sair; agravou os meus grilhões.

8 Ainda quando grito e clamo por socorro, ele exclui a minha oração.

9 Fechou os meus caminhos com pedras lavradas, fez tortuosas as minhas veredas.

10 Fez-se-me como urso de emboscada, um leão em esconderijos.

11 Desviou os meus caminhos, e fez-me em pedaços; deixou-me desolado.

12 Armou o seu arco, e me pôs como alvo à flecha.

13 Fez entrar nos meus rins as flechas da sua aljava.

14 Fui feito um objeto de escárnio para todo o meu povo, e a sua canção o dia todo.

15 Encheu-me de amarguras, fartou-me de absinto.

16 Quebrou com pedrinhas de areia os meus dentes, cobriu-me de cinza.

17 Alongaste da paz a minha alma; esqueci-me do que seja a felicidade.

18 Digo, pois: Já pereceu a minha força, como também a minha esperança no Senhor.

19 Lembra-te da minha aflição e amargura, do absinto e do fel.

20 Minha alma ainda os conserva na memória, e se abate dentro de mim.

21 Torno a trazer isso à mente, portanto tenho esperança.

22 A benignidade do Senhor jamais acaba, as suas misericórdias não têm fim;

23 renovam-se cada manhã. Grande é a tua fidelidade.

24 A minha porção é o Senhor, diz a minha alma; portanto esperarei nele.

25 Bom é o Senhor para os que esperam por ele, para a alma que o busca.

26 Bom é ter esperança, e aguardar em silêncio a salvação do Senhor.

27 Bom é para o homem suportar o jugo na sua mocidade.

28 Que se assente ele, sozinho, e fique calado, porquanto Deus o pôs sobre ele.

29 Ponha a sua boca no pó; talvez ainda haja esperança.

30 Dê a sua face ao que o fere; farte-se de afronta.

31 Pois o Senhor não rejeitará para sempre.

32 Embora entristeça a alguém, contudo terá compaixão segundo a grandeza da sua misericordia.

33 Porque não aflige nem entristece de bom grado os filhos dos homens.

34 Pisar debaixo dos pés a todos os presos da terra,

35 perverter o direito do homem perante a face do Altíssimo,

36 subverter o homem no seu pleito, não são do agrado do senhor.

37 Quem é aquele que manda, e assim acontece, sem que o Senhor o tenha ordenado?

38 Não sai da boca do Altíssimo tanto o mal como o bem?

39 Por que se queixaria o homem vivente, o varão por causa do castigo dos seus pecados?

40 Esquadrinhemos os nossos caminhos, provemo-los, e voltemos para o Senhor.

41 Levantemos os nossos corações com as mãos para Deus no céu dizendo;

42 Nós transgredimos, e fomos rebeldes, e não perdoaste,

43 Cobriste-te de ira, e nos perseguiste; mataste, não te apiedaste.

44 Cobriste-te de nuvens, para que não passe a nossa oração.

45 Como escória e refugo nos puseste no meio dos povos.

46 Todos os nossos inimigos abriram contra nós a sua boca.

47 Temor e cova vieram sobre nós, assolação e destruição.

48 Torrentes de águas correm dos meus olhos, por causa da destruição da filha do meu povo.

49 Os meus olhos derramam lágrimas, e não cessam, sem haver intermissão,

50 até que o Senhor atente e veja desde o céu.

51 Os meus olhos me afligem, por causa de todas as filhas da minha cidade.

52 Como ave me caçaram os que, sem causa, são meus inimigos.

53 Atiraram-me vivo na masmorra, e lançaram pedras sobre mim.

54 Águas correram sobre a minha cabeça; eu disse: Estou cortado.

55 Invoquei o teu nome, Senhor, desde a profundeza da masmorra.

56 Ouviste a minha voz; não escondas o teu ouvido ao meu suspiro, ao meu clamor.

57 Tu te aproximaste no dia em que te invoquei; disseste: Não temas.

58 Pleiteaste, Senhor, a minha causa; remiste a minha vida.

59 Viste, Senhor, a injustiça que sofri; julga tu a minha causa.

60 Viste toda a sua vingança, todos os seus desígnios contra mim.

61 Ouviste as suas afrontas, Senhor, todos os seus desígnios contra mim,

62 os lábios e os pensamentos dos que se levantam contra mim o dia todo.

63 Observa-os ao assentarem-se e ao levantarem-se; eu sou a sua canção.

64 Tu lhes darás a recompensa, Senhor, conforme a obra das suas mãos.

65 Tu lhes darás dureza de coração, maldição tua sobre eles.

66 Na tua ira os perseguirás, e os destruirás de debaixo dos teus céus, ó Senhor.

   

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30 Quando estiveres em angústia, e todas estas coisas te alcançarem, então nos últimos dias voltarás para o Senhor teu Deus, e ouvirás a sua voz;

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Apocalypse Explained #238

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238. And miserable and poor, signifies that they do not know that they have neither knowledges of truth nor knowledges of good. This is evident from the signification of "miserable" or "pitiable," as meaning those who are in no knowledges of truth; and from the signification of "poor" as meaning those who are in no knowledges of good. That this is the meaning of "miserable" and "poor" is evident from many passages in the Word, and also from this, that spiritual misery and poverty are nothing else than a lack of the knowledges of truth and good, for the spirit is then miserable and poor; but when the spirit possesses these it is rich and wealthy; therefore also "riches" and "wealth" in the Word signifies spiritual riches and wealth, which are the knowledges of truth and good (as was shown just above, n. 236).

[2] "Miserable and poor" are terms used in many passages in the Word. He who is ignorant of the spiritual sense of the Word believes that by these no others are meant than the miserable and poor in the world. These, however, are not meant, but those who are not in truths and goods and in the knowledges thereof; and by the "miserable" indeed, those who are not in truths because not in the knowledges of truths, and by the "poor" those who are not in goods because not in the knowledges of goods. As these two, truths and goods, are meant by these two expressions, the two in many places are mentioned together; as in the passages that now follow. In David:

I am miserable and poor, Lord, remember me (Psalms 40:17; 70:5). Incline thine ear, O Jehovah, answer me, for I am miserable and poor (Psalms 86:1).

The "miserable and poor" here mean evidently those who are miserable and poor, not in respect to worldly riches but in respect to spiritual riches, as David says this of himself; therefore he also said, "Jehovah, incline thine ear, and answer me."

[3] In the same:

The wicked draw out the sword and bend their bow, to cast down the miserable and poor (Psalms 37:14).

Here also "the miserable and poor" mean evidently those who are spiritually such and yet long for the knowledges of truth and good, for it is said that "the wicked draw out the sword and bend the bow," "sword" signifying falsity combating against truth and striving to destroy it, and "bow" the doctrine of falsity fighting against the doctrine of truth; therefore it is said that they do this "to cast down the miserable and poor." (That "sword" signifies truth combating against falsity, and in a contrary sense, falsity combating against truth, see above, n. 131; and that "bow" signifies doctrine in both senses, see Arcana Coelestia 2686, 2709)

[4] So in another place in the same:

The wicked man hath persecuted the miserable and poor and the broken in heart, to slay them (Psalms 109:16).

In Isaiah:

The fool speaketh folly, and his heart doeth iniquity to practice hypocrisy and to speak error against Jehovah, to make empty the hungry soul, and to make him who thirsteth for drink to want. He counseleth wicked devices to destroy the miserable by words of a lie, even when the poor speaketh judgment (Isaiah 32:6-7).

Here likewise "the miserable and poor" mean those who are destitute of the knowledges of truth and good; therefore it is said that "the wicked counseleth wicked devices to destroy the miserable by the words of a lie, even when the poor speaketh judgment;" "by the words of a lie" means by falsities, and "to speak judgment" is to speak what is right. Because such are treated of, it is also said that he "practices hypocrisy and speaketh error against Jehovah, to make empty the hungry soul and to make him who thirsteth for drink to want." "To practice hypocrisy and to speak error" is to do evil from falsity, and to speak falsity from evil; "to make empty the hungry soul" is to deprive those of the knowledges of good who long for them, and "to make him who thirsteth for drink to want" is to deprive those of the knowledges of truth who long for them.

In the same:

The miserable shall have joy in Jehovah, and the poor of men shall exult in the Holy One of Israel (Isaiah 29:19).

Here also "the miserable and poor" signify those who are in lack of truth and good and yet long for them; of these, and not of those who are miserable and poor in respect to worldly wealth, it is said that they "shall have joy in Jehovah, and shall exult in the Holy One of Israel."

[5] From this it can be seen what is signified by the "miserable and poor" in other passages of the Word, as in the following. In David:

The poor shall not always be forgotten; and the hope of the miserable shall not perish for ever (Psalms 9:18).

In the same:

God shall judge the miserable of the people, He shall save the sons of the poor. He shall deliver the poor when he crieth, and the miserable. He shall spare the weak and the poor, and the souls of the poor He shall save (Psalms 72:4, 12-13).

In the same:

The miserable shall see, they that seek Jehovah 1 shall be glad. For Jehovah heareth the poor (Psalms 69:32-33).

In the same:

Jehovah deliverest the miserable from him that is too strong for him, the poor from them that despoil him (Psalms 35:10).

In the same:

The miserable and the poor praise Thy name (Psalms 74:21; 109:22).

In the same:

I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the miserable, and the judgment of the poor (Psalms 140:12).

Also elsewhere (as Isaiah 10:2; Jeremiah 22:16; Ezekiel 16:49; 18:12; 22:29; Amos 8:4; Deuteronomy 15:11; 24:14). "The miserable" and "the poor" are both mentioned in these passages, because it is according to the style of the Word that where truth is spoken of, good is also spoken of; and in a contrary sense, where falsity is spoken of, evil is also spoken of, since they make a one, and as if it were a marriage; this is why "the miserable and the poor" are mentioned together; for, by "the miserable" those deficient in the knowledges of truth are meant, and by "the poor" those deficient in the knowledges of good. (That there is such a marriage almost everywhere in the prophetical parts of the Word, see Arcana Coelestia 683, 793, 801, 2516, 2712, 3004, 3005, 3009, 4138, 5138, 5194, 5502, 6343, 7022, 7945, 8339, 9263, 9314.)

For the same reason it is said in what follows, "and blind and naked;" for by "the blind" one who is in no understanding of truth is meant, and by "the naked" one who is in no understanding and will of good. So in the following verse, "I counsel thee to buy of Me gold tried by fire, and white garments that thou mayest be clothed;" for by "gold tried by fire" the good of love is meant, and by "white garments" the truths of faith. And further, "That the shame of thy nakedness be not manifest; and anoint thine eyes with eye-salve, that thou mayest see," which means, lest evils and falsities be seen. So also elsewhere. But that there is such a marriage in the particulars of the Word, none but those who know its internal sense can see.

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1. For "Jehovah" the Hebrew has "God."

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for their permission to use this translation.