That hath seen affliction - that is, has experienced, suffered it.

I am the man. —The lamentation is one of more intense personality. For that very reason it has been the true inheritance …

I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.

He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into ligh…

The word עברה (obere) properly means assault, a passing over of limits; but what is characteristic of humanity is often in Scripture ascri…

I [am] the man [that] has seen affliction
Had much experience of it, especially ever since he had been a prophet; be…

The prophet relates the more gloomy and discouraging part of his experience, and how he found support and relief. In the time of his trial the Lord…

Here, after listing many punishments, the author guards against the people's despair.