3:1a I am the man who has seen affliction

I, the ⌊one who writes this, am the⌋ man who has been punished
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I am the man who has experienced suffering.

3:1b under the rod of God’s wrath.

by Yahweh. His anger hurt me.
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God punished me because he was angry with me. (Easy English Bible)
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He beat me in anger with his shepherd’s stick.

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