Lamentations 3
1 I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of His wrath.
I AM the man that has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
2 He hath led me and caused me to walk in darkness and not in light.
He has led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
3 Surely against me He turneth His hand again and again all the day.
Surely against me is he turned; he turns his hand against me all the day.
4 My flesh and my skin hath He worn out; He hath broken my bones.
My flesh and my skin has he made old; he has broken my bones.
5 He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
He has built against me, and compassed me with gall and travail.
6 He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
He has set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old.
7 He hath hedged me about, that I cannot go forth; He hath made my chain heavy.
He has hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he has made my chain heavy.
8 Yea, when I cry and call for help, He shutteth out my prayer.
Also when I cry and shout, he shuts out my prayer.
9 He hath enclosed my ways with hewn stone, He hath made my paths crooked.
He has enclosed my ways with hewn stone, he has made my paths crooked.
10 He is unto me as a bear lying in wait, as a lion in secret places.
He was to me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places.
11 He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; He hath made me desolate.
He has turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he has made me desolate.
12 He hath bent His bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
He has 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 has 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 was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.
15 He hath filled me with bitterness, He hath sated me with wormwood.
He has filled me with bitterness, he has made me drunken with wormwood.
16 He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, He hath made me to wallow in ashes.
He has also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he has covered me with ashes.
17 And my soul is removed far off from peace, I forgot prosperity.
And you have removed my soul far off from peace: I forgot prosperity.
18 And I said: 'My strength is perished, and mine expectation from the LORD.'
And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD:
19 Remember mine affliction and mine anguish, the wormwood and the gall.
Remembering my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
20 My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is bowed down within me.
My soul has them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.
21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
22 Surely the LORD'S mercies are not consumed, surely His compassions fail not.
It is of the LORD’s mercies that 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 your faithfulness.
24 'The LORD is my portion', saith my soul; 'Therefore will I hope in Him.'
The LORD is my portion, says 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.
The LORD is good to them that wait for him, to the soul that seeks him.
26 It is good that a man should quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
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 of his youth.
28 Let him sit alone and keep silence, because He hath laid it upon him.
He sits alone and keeps silence, because he has borne it on him.
29 Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.
He puts 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 gives his cheek to him that smites 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 though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
33 For He doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.
For he does not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
34 To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,
To crush under his feet 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 subvert a man in his cause, the LORD approves not.
37 Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
Who is he that says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord commands it not?
38 Out of the mouth of the Most High proceedeth not evil and good?
Out of the mouth of the most High proceeds not evil and good?
39 Wherefore doth a living man complain, a strong man because of his sins?
Why does 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 the LORD.
41 Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
Let us lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens.
42 We have transgressed and have rebelled; Thou hast not pardoned.
We have transgressed and have rebelled: you have not pardoned.
43 Thou hast covered with anger and pursued us; Thou hast slain unsparingly.
You have covered with anger, and persecuted us: you have slain, you have not pitied.
44 Thou hast covered Thyself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.
You have covered yourself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through.
45 Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the peoples.
You have made us as the offscouring and refuse in the middle of the people.
46 All our enemies have opened their mouth wide against us.
All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.
47 Terror and the pit are come upon us, desolation and destruction.
Fear and a snare is come on us, desolation and destruction.
48 Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water, for the breach of the daughter of my people.
My eye runs down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
49 Mine eye is poured out, and ceaseth not, without any intermission,
My eye trickles down, and ceases not, without any intermission.
50 Till the LORD look forth, and behold from heaven.
Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven.
51 Mine eye affected my soul, because of all the daughters of my city.
My eye affects my heart because of all the daughters of my city.
52 They have chased me sore like a bird, that are mine enemies without cause.
My enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast stones upon me.
They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone on me.
54 Waters flowed over my head; I said: 'I am cut off.'
Waters flowed over my head; then I said, I am cut off.
55 I called upon Thy name, O LORD, Out of the lowest dungeon.
I called on your name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
56 Thou heardest my voice; hide not Thine ear at my sighing, at my cry.
You have heard my voice: hide not your ear at my breathing, at my cry.
57 Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon Thee; Thou saidst: 'Fear not.'
You drew near in the day that I called on you: you said, Fear not.
58 O Lord, Thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; Thou hast redeemed my life.
O LORD, you have pleaded the causes of my soul; you have redeemed my life.
59 O LORD, Thou hast seen my wrong; judge Thou my cause.
O LORD, you have seen my wrong: judge you my cause.
60 Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their devices against me.
You have seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me.
61 Thou hast heard their taunt, O LORD, and all their devices against me;
You have heard their reproach, O LORD, and 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 rose up against me, and their device against me all the day.
63 Behold Thou their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their song.
Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their music.
64 Thou wilt render unto them a recompense, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
Render to them a recompense, O LORD, according to the work of their hands.
65 Thou wilt give them hardness of heart, Thy curse unto them.
Give them sorrow of heart, your curse to them.
66 Thou wilt pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of the LORD.
Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD.
