Lamentations 3
1 I am the man who has experienced suffering under the rod of God's anger.
I [the] great man to see: see affliction in/on/with tribe: staff fury his
2 He has driven me away, forcing me to walk in darkness instead of the light.
[obj] me to lead and to go: take darkness and not light
3 In fact he hits me again and again all day long.
surely in/on/with me to return: return to overturn hand his all [the] day
4 He has worn me out; he has broken me in pieces.
to become old flesh my and skin my to break bone my
5 He has besieged me, surrounding me with bitterness and misery.
to build upon me and to surround poison and hardship
6 He has forced me to live in darkness like those long dead.
in/on/with darkness to dwell me like/as to die forever: antiquity
7 He has built a wall around me so I can't escape; he has bound me with heavy chains.
to wall up/off about/through/for me and not to come out: come to honor: heavy bronze my
8 Even when I keep on crying out for help, he refuses to listen to my prayer.
also for to cry out and to cry to stopper prayer my
9 He has put stone blocks in my way and sends me down crooked paths.
to wall up/off way: road my in/on/with cutting path my to twist
10 He is a bear that lies in wait for me, a lion in hiding ready to attack,
bear to ambush he/she/it to/for me (lion *Q(K)*) in/on/with hiding
11 He dragged me from my path and ripped me to pieces, leaving me helpless.
way: journey my to turn aside: turn aside and to tear me to set: make me devastated
12 He loaded his bow with an arrow and used me as his target,
to tread (bow his *L(abh)*) and to stand me like/as guardhouse to/for arrow
13 He shot me in my kidneys with his arrows.
to come (in): bring in/on/with kidney my son: type of quiver his
14 Now everyone laughs at me, singing songs that mock me all day long.
to be laughter to/for all people my music their all [the] day
15 He has filled me with bitterness; he has filled me up with bitter wormwood.
to satisfy me in/on/with bitterness to quench me wormwood
16 He has broken my teeth with grit; he has trampled me in the dust.
and to break in/on/with gravel tooth my to cower me in/on/with ashes
17 Peace has been torn away from me; I've forgotten all that's good in life.
and to reject from peace soul my to forget welfare
18 That's why I say, “My expectation of a long life is gone, along with all that I hoped for from Lord.
and to say to perish perpetuity my and hope my from LORD
19 Don't forget everything I've suffered in my wandering, as bitters as wormwood and poison.
to remember affliction my and wandering my wormwood and poison
20 I certainly haven't forgotten. I remember it all too well, so I sink into depression.
to remember to remember (and to sink *Q(K)*) upon me soul my
21 But I still hope when I think about this:
this to return: recall to(wards) heart my upon so to wait: hope
22 It's because of the Lord's trustworthy love that our lives are not finished, for through his merciful actions he never lets us down.
kindness LORD for not to finish for not to end: finish compassion his
23 He renews them every morning. How wonderfully trustworthy you are, Lord!
new to/for morning many faithfulness your
24 The Lord is all I need,” I tell myself, “so I will put my hope in him.”
portion my LORD to say soul my upon so to wait: hope to/for him
25 The Lord is good to those who trust in him, to anyone who seeks to follow him.
pleasant LORD (to/for to await him *Q(K)*) to/for soul to seek him
26 It is good to wait quietly for the Lord's salvation.
pleasant and waiting and silence to/for deliverance: salvation LORD
27 It is good for people to learn to patiently bear discipline while they're still young.
pleasant to/for great man for to lift: bear yoke in/on/with youth his
28 They should sit by themselves in silence, because it's God who has disciplined them.
to dwell isolation and to silence: silent for to lift upon him
29 They should bow low with their faces to the ground, for there may still be hope.
to give: put in/on/with dust lip his perhaps there hope
30 They should turn a cheek to someone who wants to slap them; they should take the insults of others.
to give: give to/for to smite him jaw to satisfy in/on/with reproach
31 For the Lord won't abandon us forever.
for not to reject to/for forever: enduring Lord
32 Even though he may bring sadness, he shows us mercy because his trustworthy love is so great.
that if: except if: except to suffer and to have compassion like/as abundance (kindness his *Q(K)*)
33 For he doesn't willingly hurt people, or cause them grief.
for not to afflict from heart his and to suffer (son: child *L(abh)*) man
34 Whether it's mistreating all the prisoners of the land,
to/for to crush underneath: under foot his all prisoner land: country/planet
35 Or denying someone their rights as the Most High watches,
to/for to stretch justice great man before face Most High
36 Or cheating someone in their legal case—these things the Lord doesn't approve of.
to/for to pervert man in/on/with strife his Lord not to see: select
37 Who spoke and it came into existence? Wasn't it the Lord who commanded it?
who? this to say and to be Lord not to command
38 When the Most High speaks it can be a disaster or a blessing.
from lip Most High not to come out: come [the] distress: harm and [the] pleasant
39 Why should any human being complain about the results of their sins?
what? to complain man alive great man upon (sin his *Q(K)*)
40 We should look at ourselves, examine what we're doing, and return to the Lord.
to search way: conduct our and to search and to return: return till LORD
41 Let's not just hold up our hands to God in heaven, but our minds as well, saying,
to lift: trust heart our to(wards) palm to(wards) God in/on/with heaven
42 “We are the ones who sinned; we are the ones who rebelled; and you haven't forgiven us!”
we to transgress and to rebel you(m. s.) not to forgive
43 You have wrapped yourself in anger and chased us down, killing without mercy. You have killed without pity.
to cover in/on/with face: anger and to pursue us to kill not to spare
44 You have wrapped yourself with a cloud that no prayer can penetrate.
to cover in/on/with cloud to/for you from to pass prayer
45 You have made us waste and refuse to the nations around.
offscouring and refuse to set: make us in/on/with entrails: among [the] people
46 All our enemies open their mouths to criticize us.
to open upon us lip their all enemy our
47 We're terrified and trapped, devastated and destroyed.
dread and pit to be to/for us [the] devastation and [the] breaking
48 Tears stream from my eyes over the death of my people.
stream water to go down eye my upon breaking daughter people my
49 My eyes overflow with tears all the time. They won't stop
eye my to pour and not to cease from nothing cessation
50 Until the Lord looks down from heaven and sees what's going on.
till to look and to see: see LORD from heaven
51 What I've seen torments me because of what's happened to all the women in my city.
eye my to abuse to/for soul: myself my from all daughter city my
52 For no reason my enemies trapped me like a bird.
to hunt to hunt me like/as bird enemy my for nothing
53 They tried to kill me by tossing me into a pit and throwing stones at me.
to destroy in/on/with pit life my and to give thanks stone in/on/with me
54 Water flooded over my head, and I thought I was going to die.
to flow water upon head my to say to cut
55 I called out for you, Lord, from deep inside the pit.
to call: call to name your LORD from pit lower
56 You heard me when I prayed, “Please don't ignore my cry for help.”
voice my to hear: hear not to conceal ear your to/for relief my to/for cry my
57 You came to me when I called you, and you told me, “Don't be afraid!”
to present: come in/on/with day to call: call to you to say not to fear
58 You have taken my case and defended me; you have saved my life!
to contend Lord strife soul: myself my to redeem: redeem life my
59 Lord, you have seen the injustices done to me; please vindicate me!
to see: see LORD oppression my to judge [emph?] justice my
60 You have observed how vengeful they are and how often they've plotted against me.
to see: see all vengeance their all plot their to/for me
61 Lord, you have heard how they've insulted me, and what they've plotted against me,
to hear: hear reproach their LORD all plot their upon me
62 How my enemies talk against me and complain about me all the time!
lips to arise: attack me and meditation their upon me all [the] day
63 Just look! Whether they're sitting down and or standing up, they go on making fun of me in their songs.
seat their and rising their to look [emph?] I mocking their
64 Pay them back as they deserve, Lord, for all they've done!
to return: pay to/for them recompense LORD like/as deed: work hand their
65 Give them a covering for their minds! May your curse be on them!
to give: give to/for them covering heart curse your to/for them
66 Chase them down in your anger, Lord, and get rid of them from the earth!
to pursue in/on/with face: anger and to destroy them from underneath: under heaven LORD
