Lamentations 3
1 I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of His wrath.
I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
2 He hath led me and caused me to walk in darkness and not in light.
Me hath he led, and brought into darkness, and not into light.
3 Surely against me He turneth His hand again and again all the day.
Surely against me hath he turned again and again his hand all the day.
4 My flesh and my skin hath He worn out; He hath broken my bones.
My flesh and my skin hath he wasted away, he hath broken my bones.
5 He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
He hath built against me, and encompassed [me] with gall and toil.
6 He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
He hath made me to dwell in dark places as those that have been long dead.
7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot go forth; He hath made my chain heavy.
He hath hedged me about that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy.
8 Yea, when I cry and call for help, He shutteth out my prayer.
Even when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
9 He hath enclosed my ways with hewn stone, He hath made my paths crooked.
He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
10 He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.
He is unto me [as] a bear lying in wait, a lion in secret places.
11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; He hath made me desolate.
He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.
12 He hath bent His bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
13 He hath caused the arrows of His quiver to enter into my reins.
He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins.
14 I am become a derision to all my people, and their song all the day.
I am become a derision to all my people; their song all the day.
15 He hath filled me with bitterness, He hath sated me with wormwood.
He hath sated me with bitterness, he hath made me drunk with wormwood.
16 He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, He hath made me to wallow in ashes.
He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes.
17 And my soul is removed far off from peace, I forgot prosperity.
And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I have forgotten prosperity.
18 And I said: 'My strength is perished, and mine expectation from the LORD.'
And I said, My strength is perished, and my hope in Jehovah.
19 Remember mine affliction and mine anguish, the wormwood and the gall.
Remember thou mine affliction and my wandering, the wormwood and the gall.
20 My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is bowed down within me.
My soul hath [them] constantly in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
— This I recall to heart, therefore have I hope.
22 Surely the LORD'S mercies are not consumed, surely His compassions fail not.
It is of Jehovah's loving-kindness we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not;
23 They are new every morning; great is Thy faithfulness.
they are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
24 'The LORD is my portion', saith my soul; 'Therefore will I hope in Him.'
Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
25 The LORD is good unto them that wait for Him, to the soul that seeketh Him.
Jehovah is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul [that] seeketh him.
26 It is good that a man should quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
It is good that one should both wait, and that in silence, for the salvation of Jehovah.
27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth:
28 Let him sit alone and keep silence, because He hath laid it upon him.
He sitteth solitary and keepeth silence, because he hath laid it upon him;
29 Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.
he putteth his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope;
30 Let him give his cheek to him that smiteth him, let him be filled full with reproach.
he giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him; he is filled full with reproach.
31 For the Lord will not cast off for ever.
For the Lord will not cast off for ever;
32 For though He cause grief, yet will He have compassion according to the multitude of His mercies.
but if he have caused grief, he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving-kindnesses:
33 For He doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.
for he doth not willingly afflict or grieve the children of men.
34 To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,
To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,
35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High,
to turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High,
36 To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.
to wrong a man in his cause, — will not the Lord see it?
37 Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
Who is he that saith, and there cometh to pass, what the Lord hath not commanded?
38 Out of the mouth of the Most High proceedeth not evil and good?
Out of the mouth of the Most High doth not there proceed evil and good?
39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a strong man because of his sins?
Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
40 Let us search and try our ways, and return to the LORD.
Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to Jehovah.
41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
Let us lift up our heart with [our] hands unto God in the heavens.
42 We have transgressed and have rebelled; Thou hast not pardoned.
We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned.
43 Thou hast covered with anger and pursued us; Thou hast slain unsparingly.
Thou hast covered thyself with anger, and pursued us; thou hast slain, thou hast not spared.
44 Thou hast covered Thyself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.
Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that prayer should not pass through.
45 Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the peoples.
Thou hast made us the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the peoples.
46 All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us.
All our enemies have opened their mouth against us.
47 Terror and the pit are come upon us, desolation and destruction.
Fear and the pit are come upon us, devastation and ruin.
48 Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water, for the breach of the daughter of my people.
Mine eye runneth down with streams of water for the ruin of the daughter of my people.
49 Mine eye is poured out, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
Mine eye poureth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
50 Till the LORD look forth, and behold from heaven.
till Jehovah look down and behold from the heavens.
51 Mine eye affected my soul, because of all the daughters of my city.
Mine eye affecteth my soul, because of all the daughters of my city.
52 They have chased me sore like a bird, that are mine enemies without cause.
They that are mine enemies without cause have chased me sore like a bird.
53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast stones upon me.
They have cut off my life in a pit, and cast a stone upon me.
54 Waters flowed over my head; I said: 'I am cut off.'
Waters streamed over my head; I said, I am cut off.
55 I called upon Thy name, O LORD, Out of the lowest dungeon.
I called upon thy name, Jehovah, out of the lowest pit.
56 Thou heardest my voice; hide not Thine ear at my sighing, at my cry.
Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my sighing, at my cry.
57 Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon Thee; Thou saidst: 'Fear not.'
Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee; thou saidst, Fear not.
58 O Lord, Thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; Thou hast redeemed my life.
Lord, thou hast pleaded the cause of my soul, thou hast redeemed my life.
59 O LORD, Thou hast seen my wrong; judge Thou my cause.
Jehovah, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their devices against me.
Thou hast seen all their vengeance, all their imaginations against me.
61 Thou hast heard their taunt, O LORD, and all their devices against me;
Thou hast heard their reproach, O Jehovah, all their imaginations against me;
62 The lips of those that rose up against me, and their muttering against me all the day.
the lips of those that rise up against me and their meditation against me all the day.
63 Behold Thou their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their song.
Behold thou their sitting down and their rising up: I am their song.
64 Thou wilt render unto them a recompense, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
Render unto them a recompence, O Jehovah, according to the work of their hands;
65 Thou wilt give them hardness of heart, Thy curse unto them.
give them obduracy of heart, thy curse unto them;
66 Thou wilt pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of the LORD.
pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Jehovah.
